Inferential reasoning by exclusion in pigeons, dogs, and humans

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-597

  Aust, Ulrike ^a   Range, Friederike ^a   Steurer, Michael ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Categorization; Dogs; Humans; Pigeons; Reasoning by exclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DOG; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOGS; HUMANS; LOGIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLUMBA;

EID: 51549098428     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0149-0     Document Type: Article

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