Generalized Auditory Same-Different Discrimination by Pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-115

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Brooks, Daniel I ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

audition; birds; pigeon; relational discrimination; same different discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEARING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; PRIMATES;

EID: 60849097834     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012621     Document Type: Article

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