Prospective timing in pigeons: Isolating temporal perception in the time-left procedure

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 490-499

  Vieira de Castro, A C ^a   Machado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Choice; Pigeons; Time left procedure; Timing

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 77951974357     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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