Artificial grammar learning in pigeons

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-137

  Herbranson, Walter T ^a   Shimp, Charles P ^b  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 46649112174     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.36.2.116     Document Type: Article

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