Let the pigeon drive the bus: Pigeons can plan future routes in a room

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-391

  Gibson, Brett ^a   Wilkinson, Matthew ^a   Kelly, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Navigation; Pigeon; Planning; Spatial cognition; Traveling salesperson

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84859698963     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0463-9     Document Type: Article

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