Integration of spatial maps in pigeons

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-16

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Map; Pigeon; Sensory preconditioning; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

COLUMBA;

EID: 11944271865     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0223-1     Document Type: Article

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