Spatial Probability Dynamically Modulates Visual Target Detection in Chickens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sridharan, Devarajan ^a   Ramamurthy, Deepa L ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

GALLUS GALLUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84878452302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064136     Document Type: Article

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