"Artificial grammar learning" in pigeons: A preliminary analysis

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-106

  Herbranson, Walter T ^a   Shimp, Charles P ^b  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0141886302     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195973     Document Type: Article

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