Summation and subtraction using a modified autoshaping procedure in pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-268

  Ploog, Bertram O ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative strength; Autoshaping; Peck; Pigeon; Salience; Selective attention; Stimulus overselectivity; Subtraction; Summation; Visual compound stimuli

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MODELING; SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FOOD; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

COLUMBA;

EID: 42249113833     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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