Environmental enrichment affects suboptimal, risky, gambling-like choice by pigeons

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 429-434

  Pattison, Kristina F ^a   Laude, Jennifer R ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Gambling; Pigeons; Self control; Suboptimal choice

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA;

EID: 84876078692     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0583-x     Document Type: Article

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