Associative symmetry by pigeons after few-exemplar training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-295

  Velasco, Saulo M ^a   Huziwara, Edson M ^a   Machado, Armando ^b   Tomanari, Gerson Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Associative symmetry; Exemplar training; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforced tests; Stimulus equivalence; Two alternative matching to sample

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 78549295573     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.94-283     Document Type: Article

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