Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) Copy Virtual Demonstrators in a Two-Action Test

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-370

  Mottley, Kieron ^a,b   Heyes, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HABITUATION; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PARROT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PARROTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0346880052     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.4.363     Document Type: Article

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