Attentional tradeoffs in the pigeon

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-354

  Vyazovska, O V ^a   Teng, Y ^b   Wasserman, E A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND CRYOMEDICINE   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional tradeoff; Configural stimulus control; Dimensional stimulus control; Discrimination learning; Pigeon; Touchscreen pecking; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899483891     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.82     Document Type: Article

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