One, two, three, four, or is there something more? Numerical discrimination in day-old domestic chicks

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 557-564

  Rugani, Rosa ^a   Cavazzana, Annachiara ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b   Regolin, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogue magnitude system; Arithmetic; Continuous variables; Domestic chick; Human infant; Large numbers; Number cognition; Number sense; Object file system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879203247     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0593-8     Document Type: Article

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