Temporal discrimination learning by pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-292

  Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choose short; Instructional ambiguity; Single code default coding; Subjective timing; Temporal discriminations; Timing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LEARNING; MEMORY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 33846817484     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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