The impact of visual perception on equine learning

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Hall, Carol ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSE; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; HORSE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA IMAGE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547521781     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.09.017     Document Type: Note

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