Integrality/Separability of Stimulus Dimensions and Multidimensional Generalization in Pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-205

  Soto, Fabian A ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

integrality; metric; multidimensional generalization; pigeon; separability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 77950937531     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016560     Document Type: Article

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