First trial rewards promote 1-trial learning and prolonged memory in pigeon and baboon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9530-9533

  Cook, Robert ^a   Fagot, Joël ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Fast mapping; Monkey; Picture processing; Positive reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; COGNITION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; LEARNING; MALE; PAPIO; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; PAPIO;

EID: 67249126673     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903378106     Document Type: Article

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