Journal article
Entropy Detection by Pigeons: Response to Mixed Visual Displays After Same-Different Discrimination Training
Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, Vol.23(2), pp.157-170
04/1997
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.2.157
PMID: 9095540
Abstract
Pigeons were trained to peck 2 different buttons in response to 16-icon
Same
versus
Different
arrays. In Same arrays, the icons were identical to one another, whereas in Different arrays, the icons were different from one another. In Experiment 1, pigeons discriminated Same from Different arrays and transferred their discriminative responding to arrays of novel icons. In Experiments 2-4, pigeons exhibited sensitivity to the degree of display variability when shown intermediate Mixture arrays. Entropy, an information theoretic measure, systematically described these results while outperforming rival accounts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Entropy Detection by Pigeons: Response to Mixed Visual Displays After Same-Different Discrimination Training
- Creators
- Michael E Young - Department of Psychology, University of IowaEdward A Wasserman - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, Vol.23(2), pp.157-170
- DOI
- 10.1037/0097-7403.23.2.157
- PMID
- 9095540
- NLM abbreviation
- J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process
- ISSN
- 0097-7403
- eISSN
- 1939-2184
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1997
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070641102771
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