Transposition of line-length discrimination in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Manabe, Kazuchika ^a   Murata, Minami ^a   Kawashima, Takashi ^a   Asahina, Kiyoshi ^a   Okutsu, Kenji ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Line length discrimination; Operant conditioning; Operant conditioning chamber for penguins; Penguins; Transposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349314446     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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