Equine learning behaviour: What we know, what we don't and future research priorities

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-19

  Goodwin, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; HORSE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; RESEARCH;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; FOAL; HORSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547503833     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.01.009     Document Type: Note

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