Lifelong consequences of early nutritional conditions on learning performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 320-326

  Brust, Vera ^a   Krüger, Oliver ^a   Naguib, Marc ^b   Krause, E Tobias ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Compensation; Early developmental stress; Learning; Long term effects; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; COMPENSATION; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; LEARNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT GAIN;

COGNITION; COMPENSATION; EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STRESS; LEARNING; LONG TERM EFFECTS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINCHES; GROWTH; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVERSAL LEARNING; STARVATION;

EID: 84897058187     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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