Discrimination of direction of movements in pigeons following previous experience of motion/static discrimination

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-42

  Goto, Kazuhiro ^a   Lea, Stephen E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Key peck; Motion; Motion perception; Pigeons; Salience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MOTION PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542576247     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.80-29     Document Type: Article

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