Radial maze analog for pigeons: Evidence for flexible coding strategies may result from faulty assumptions

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-295

  Gipson, Cassandra D ^a   DiGian, Kelly A ^a   Miller, Holly C ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual coding; Pigeons; Prospective coding; Radial maze; Retrospective coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949087392     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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