Dynamic object perception by pigeons: Discrimination of action in video presentations

Animal Cognition

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 137-146

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Shaw, Robert ^a   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Motion perception; Object perception; Pigeons; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242470385     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710100097     Document Type: Article

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