Color vision in horses (Equus caballus): Deficiencies identified using a pseudoisochromatic plate test

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Hanggi, Evelyn B ^a,c   Ingersoll, Jerry F ^a,c   Waggoner, Terrace L ^b,d  

^a Equine Research Foundation   (United States)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Equine Research Foundation (ERF)   (United States)

^d Naval Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision capabilities; Color vision deficiency; Dichromats; Discrimination; Equine; Horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847655665     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.1.65     Document Type: Article

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