Interference effects in the memory for serially presented locations in clark's nutcrackers, Nucifraga columbiana

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-418

  Lewis, Jody L ^a,c   Kamil, Alan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clark's nutcrackers; Nucifraga columbiana; Proactive interference; Retroactive interference; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; MEMORY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

AVES; NUCIFRAGA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA;

EID: 33750183916     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.4.407     Document Type: Article

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