Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) Anticipate Future Outcomes of Foraging Choices

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Feeney, Miranda C ^a   Roberts, William A ^a   Sherry, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticipatory contrast; Food storing; Future anticipation; Mental time travel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 79951565134     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019908     Document Type: Article

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