Representation of two geometric features of the environment in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Tommasi, Luca ^a   Polli, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Chicks; Geometric module; Spatial cognition; Spatial representations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 1542635874     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0182-y     Document Type: Article

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