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. 1992 Mar;57(2):145-58.
doi: 10.1901/jeab.1992.57-145.

Time-place learning by pigeons, Columba livia

D M Wilkie, R J Willson

Time-place learning by pigeons, Columba livia

D M Wilkie et al. J Exp Anal Behav. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

In each of two experiments, 2 pigeons received discrimination training in which food reinforcement for key pecking was conditional upon both spatial and temporal cues. In Experiment 1, food was available for periods of 30 s at each of three locations (pecking keys) during trials that lasted 90 s. In Experiment 2, food was available for periods of 15 min at each of four locations (pecking keys) during a 60-min trial. In both experiments, pigeons' key pecking was jointly controlled by the spatial and temporal cues. These data, and other recent experiments, suggest that animals learn relationships between temporal and spatial cues that predict stable patterns of food availability.

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