A case for restricted-domain relational learning

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 907-913

  Wright, Anthony A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 74849093255     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.5.907     Document Type: Article

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