A reversed Ebbinghaus-Titchener illusion in bantams (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 471-481

  Nakamura, Noriyuki ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Sota ^a,b   Fujita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal perception; Bantams; Geometric illusion; The Ebbinghaus Titchener illusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84893790526     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0679-y     Document Type: Article

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