"Counting" by pigeons: Discrimination of the number of biologically relevant sequential events

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Rayburn Reeves, Rebecca M ^a   Miller, Holly C ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 77953084506     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.38.2.169     Document Type: Article

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