Capacity and limits of associative memory in pigeons

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 350-358

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Levison, Deborah G ^a   Gillett, Sarah R ^a   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 23744448401     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196384     Document Type: Review

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