Reflexivity in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-282

  Sweeney, Mary M ^a   Urcuioli, Peter J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent oddity; Key peck; Pigeons; Reflexivity; Stimulus classes; Stimulus equivalence; Successive matching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; SYMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; APTITUDE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 78549235465     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.94-267     Document Type: Article

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