Learning about horses: What is equine learning all about?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-36

  Heitor, Filipa ^a   Vicente, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSE; LEARNING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; HORSE; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547533739     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.07.006     Document Type: Note

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