Generalization of color by chickens: Experimental observations and a Bayesian model

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Baddeley, R J ^a,b   Osorio, D ^a   Jones, C D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Chicken; Color vision; Generalization; Peak shift

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERALIST; LEARNING; POULTRY; VISION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; COLOR VISION; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHICKENS; COLOR VISION; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846229343     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510142     Document Type: Article

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