Evidence that pigeons are not lost in space : pigeons perform well at long retention intervals on a modified delayed matching of key location task

The present series of experiments examined pigeons' spatial working memory using two variants of the delayed matching of key location paradigm (Wilkie & Summer, 1982). Exposure to the sample location was extended to 15 min and pecks to this stimulus (S+) produced grain on a variable interva...

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Main Author: Willson, Robert James
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28310