Exploration of a novel space is associated with individual differences in learning speed in black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapillus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-270

  Guillette, Lauren M ^a   Reddon, Adam R ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a   Sturdy, Christopher B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Black capped chickadee; Exploratory behaviour; Instrumental discrimination; Learning acquisition

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORRELATION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; PASSERINE; SPATIAL COGNITION;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PASSERIFORMES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 70350128009     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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