Symmetry : Can pigeons conceptualize it?

Delius, Juan; Habers, Gabriele

Symmetry : Can pigeons conceptualize it?

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Date

1978

Authors

Delius, Juan

Habers, Gabriele

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Journal article

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Behavioral Biology ; 22 (1978), 3. - pp. 336-342. - ISSN 0091-6773

Abstract

Pigeons were taught to distinguish a series of 30 bilaterally symmetric and asymmetric visual patterns with an operant simultaneous discrimination procedure for 140 training sessions. In 12 subsequent generalization tests under extinction conditions they classified with a high degree of accuracy six bilaterally symmetric and asymmetric visual patterns with which they had had no previous experience. The results indicate that pigeons can acquire the perceptual concept of symmetry, adding yet another to the list of concepts that these birds have been shown capable of mastering.

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150 Psychology

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DELIUS, Juan, Gabriele HABERS, 1978. Symmetry : Can pigeons conceptualize it?. In: Behavioral Biology. 22(3), pp. 336-342. ISSN 0091-6773. Available under: doi: 10.1016/S0091-6773(78)92411-2

BibTex

@article{Delius1978Symme-20291,
  year={1978},
  doi={10.1016/S0091-6773(78)92411-2},
  title={Symmetry : Can pigeons conceptualize it?},
  number={3},
  volume={22},
  issn={0091-6773},
  journal={Behavioral Biology},
  pages={336--342},
  author={Delius, Juan and Habers, Gabriele}
}

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