A replication and extension of the antisymmetry effect in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-293

  Urcuioli, Peter J ^a   Swisher, Melissa ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Emergent relations; Key peck; Pigeons; Stimulus classes; Successive matching

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZATION; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84876335172     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2012.98-283     Document Type: Article

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