Categorization of multidimensional timuli by pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-326

  Berg, Mark E ^a   Grace, Randolph C ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gabor patch; General linear classifier; Multidimensional categorization; Optimality; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960247920     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2010.94-305     Document Type: Article

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