The Discrimination of Natural Movement by Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulates) and Pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-380

  Mui, Rosetta ^a   Haselgrove, Mark ^a   McGregor, Anthony ^a   Futter, James ^a   Heyes, Cecilia ^b   Pearce, John M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

budgerigars; dynamic cues; movement discrimination; pigeons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PARAKEET; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MELOPSITTACUS; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MELOPSITTACUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 36049011896     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.33.4.371     Document Type: Article

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