View-invariance learning in object recognition by pigeons depends on error-driven associative learning processes

Vision Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-161

  Soto, Fabian A ^a   Siow, Jeffrey Y M ^b   Wasserman, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Categorization; Object recognition; Pigeon; Prediction error; View invariance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VIEW INVARIANCE LEARNING; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FORM PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84860357306     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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