Degree of Representation of the Matching Concept in Pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 246-256

  Colombo, Michael ^a   Cottle, Alistair ^a   Frost, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0141860028     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.3.246     Document Type: Article

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