A Comparative Analysis of the Categorization of Multidimensional Stimuli: I. Unidimensional Classification Does Not Necessarily Imply Analytic Processing; Evidence From Pigeons (Columba livia), Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), and Humans (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-405

  Wills, A J ^a   Lea, Stephen E G ^a   Leaver, Lisa A ^a   Osthaus, Britta ^a   Ryan, Catriona M E ^a   Suret, Mark B ^a   Bryant, Catherine M L ^a   Chapman, Sue J A ^a   Millar, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

categorization; eastern gray squirrel; pigeon; rule governed behavior; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 72449180149     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016216     Document Type: Article

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