A relational differential outcomes effect: Pigeons can classify outcomes as "good" and "better"

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Friedrich, Andrea M ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical learning; Differential comparison response; Differential outcomes; Matching to sample; Pigeons; Relational learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

COLUMBA;

EID: 77349100376     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0286-0     Document Type: Article

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