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Dead Reckoning in a Desktop Virtual Environment 

Bodily, Kent (2008-05-15)
Dead reckoning, knowing where one is in relation to a particular location without reference to external landmarks, is a widely cited phenomenon that has been observed in a wide variety of animals. A common test for dead ...

Differential Outcomes Facilitate Relational Associations 

Schmidtke, Kelly (2008-05-15)
The Differntial Outcomes Procedure facilitates the acquisition and performance of tasks that encourage item specific strategies, but its affects on relational strategies is unknown. Here, 8 pigeons (columba livia) were ...

Factors in Two-Dimensional Maze Navigation by Pigeons 

Hernandez, Michelle (2008-05-15)
Navigation of two-dimensional mazes in a computerized environment has been used to assess and compare spatial cognition in human and nonhuman primates. Recent technology advances have led to the extension of these maze ...

Position Bias Interferes with Auditory Same/Different Abstract-Concept Learning by Dogs 

Thompkins, Andrea (2014-12-04)
Canine cognition is a growing area of research, however the domestic dog’s ability to utilize a same/different abstract concept has yet to be explored. In Experiment 1, six domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) were trained on ...