Preference for symmetry is experience dependent in newborn chicks (Gallus gallus)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-20

  Clara, Elena ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic chicken; Food experience; Gallus gallus; Newborn chicks; Pecking preferences; Preference for symmetry; Rearing; Spontaneous preference

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHICKENS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846394658     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.1.12     Document Type: Article

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