Qualitative similarities in the visual short-term memory of pigeons and people

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 979-984

  Gibson, Brett ^a   Wasserman, Edward ^b   Luck, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Comparative cognition; Comparative psychology; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053098001     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0132-7     Document Type: Article

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