Learning strategies in matching to sample: If-then and configural learning by pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Katz, Jeffrey S ^a   Bodily, Kent D ^a   Wright, Anthony A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract concept learning; Configural rule learning; If then rule learning; Matching to sample; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LEARNING; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

COLUMBA;

EID: 39149141387     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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