Testing pigeon memory in a change detection task

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Wright, Anthony A ^a   Jeffrey, S Katz ^b   Magnotti, John ^b   Elmore, L Caitlin ^a   Babb, Stephanie ^a   Alwin, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954679299     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.2.243     Document Type: Article

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