Stimulus discrimination by horses under scotopic conditions

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-50

  Hanggi, Evelyn B ^a   Ingersoll, Jerry F ^a  

^a Equine Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Equine; Horse; Night vision; Scotopic vision

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HORSE; LIGHT EFFECT; TESTING METHOD; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RETINA ROD; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HORSES; LIGHTING; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 67650117765     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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