The role of context specificity in learning: The effects of training context on explosives detection in dogs

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Gazit, Irit ^a   Goldblatt, Allen ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Context shift effect; Dog; Explosive; Extinction; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; ODOR;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 23944469890     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0236-9     Document Type: Article

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