Behavioral research in pigeons with ARENA: An Automated Remote Environmental Navigation Apparatus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Leising, Kenneth J ^a   Garlick, Dennis ^a   Parenteau, Michael ^a   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoshaping; Conditional discrimination; Open field; Pigeon; Simultaneous discrimination; Touchscreen

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NAVIGATION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEON; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRONICS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD;

COLUMBA;

EID: 63349084642     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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