Socially acquired predator avoidance: Is it just classical conditioning?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-271

  Griffin, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backward conditioning; Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning; Ecological specialization; Ecology; General process theory; Learning; Predation; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LEARNING; STIMULUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIRDS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 43549098555     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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