The effects of cue competition on timing in pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 581-590

  McMillan, Neil ^a   Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blocking; Overshadowing; Peak procedure; Pigeons; Timing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); TRAINING;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REWARD; STIMULUS; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 77952888713     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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