Elemental versus configural perception in a people-present/people-absent discrimination task by pigeons

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-224

  Aust, Ulrike ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGEON;

EID: 0141669299     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195984     Document Type: Article

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