A comparison of two methods for assessing critical flicker fusion frequency in hens

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Railton, Renee Caron Richards ^a   Mary Foster, T ^a   Temple, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conditional discrimination; Critical flicker fusion frequency; Hens; Psychophysics; Two alternative forced choice

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; POULTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLICKER FUSION; LIGHTING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 58249099255     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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