How do African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) perform on a delay of gratification task?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-358

  Vick, Sarah Jane ^a   Bovet, Dalila ^b   Anderson, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Avian cognition; Delay maintenance; Parrots; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PARROT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PARROTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HELIANTHUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 77349101530     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0284-2     Document Type: Article

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