Knowledge of the Ordinal Position of List Items in Pigeons

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-487

  Scarf, Damian ^a   Colombo, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chaining theory; Representation; Serial order

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

COLUMBA; PRIMATES;

EID: 80054982808     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023695     Document Type: Article

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