Discrimination of artificial categories structured by family resemblances: A comparative study in people (Homo sapiens) and pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-33

  Makino, Hiroshi ^a   Jitsumori, Masako ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult humans; Categorization; Classification performances; Decision rule; Pigeons; Prototype effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847648468     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.1.22     Document Type: Article

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