Spatial cognition based on geometry and landmarks in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Chiesa, A Della ^a,b   Speranza, M ^a   Tommasi, L ^c   Vallortigara, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chicks; Landmark; Lateralization; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; GEOMETRY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750605891     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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