Slope-Driven Goal Location Behavior in Pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 430-442

  Nardi, Daniele ^a   Nitsch, Kristian P ^b   Bingman, Verner P ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Cue salience; Geometric shape; Goal location; Slope or geographical slant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 78049517387     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019234     Document Type: Article

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