Effects of identical context on visual pattern recognition by pigeons

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-98

  Donis, Francisco J ^a   Chase, Sheila ^b   Heinemann, Eric G ^b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FACE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22844443277     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196053     Document Type: Article

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