Effects of varying stimulus size on object recognition in pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-430

  Peissig, Jessie J ^a,f   Kirkpatrick, Kimberly ^b   Young, Michael E ^c   Wasserman, Edward E ^a,e   Biederman, Irving ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Object recognition; Pigeon (Columba livia); Size invariance; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIODICITY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERIODICITY; SIZE PERCEPTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 33750160074     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.4.419     Document Type: Article

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