Reorientation in a two-dimensional environment: II. Do pigeons (Columba livia) encode the featural and geometric properties of a two-dimensional schematic of a room?

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-395

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a,b   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FORM PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 11144224248     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.4.384     Document Type: Article

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