Reorientation by geometric and landmark information in environments of different size

Developmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 393-401

  Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a   Feruglio, Marco ^a   Sovrano, Valeria Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23744457856     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.00427.x     Document Type: Review

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