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| Author | Sutton, J.E.; Shettleworth, S.J. | ||||
| Title | Internal sense of direction and landmark use in pigeons (Columba livia) | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2005 | Publication | Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) | Abbreviated Journal | J Comp Psychol |
| Volume | 119 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 273-284 |
| Keywords | Animals; *Columbidae; Conflict (Psychology); *Cues; Discrimination Learning; Homing Behavior; *Intuition; *Orientation; *Space Perception; Transfer (Psychology); *Visual Perception | ||||
| Abstract | The relative importance of an internal sense of direction based on inertial cues and landmark piloting for small-scale navigation by White King pigeons (Columba livia) was investigated in an arena search task. Two groups of pigeons differed in whether they had access to visual cues outside the arena. In Experiment 1, pigeons were given experience with 2 different entrances and all pigeons transferred accurate searching to novel entrances. Explicit disorientation before entering did not affect accuracy. In Experiments 2-4, landmarks and inertial cues were put in conflict or tested 1 at a time. Pigeons tended to follow the landmarks in a conflict situation but could use an internal sense of direction to search when landmarks were unavailable. | ||||
| Address | Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. jsutton7@uwo.ca | ||||
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| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| ISSN | 0735-7036 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
| Notes | PMID:16131256 | Approved  |
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| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 360 | ||
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