Representational insight in pigeons: Comparing subjects with and without real-life experience

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-218

  Aust, Ulrike ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Picture object recognition; Pigeons; Representational insight; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 77349085095     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0258-4     Document Type: Article

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