From small to large: Numerical discrimination by young domestic chicks (gallus gallus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-171

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic chick; Number cognition; Number discrimination; Number sense; Visual discrimination learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84901588456     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034513     Document Type: Article

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