Causation: The study of behavioural mechanisms

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-341

  Hogan, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Applied ethology; Behaviour systems; Models of motivation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 31444456959     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075605774840969     Document Type: Article

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