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HIGH‐ORDER CONCEPT FORMATION IN THE PIGEON 1
Author(s) -
Lubow Robert E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1974.21-475
Subject(s) - pecking order , discriminative model , stimulus control , reinforcement , discrimination learning , psychology , artificial intelligence , stimulus (psychology) , peck (imperial) , communication , pattern recognition (psychology) , computer science , cognitive psychology , computer vision , mathematics , social psychology , biology , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , geometry , nicotine
After 30 days of operant training, with pecking responses to aerial photographs containing man‐made objects reinforced with food, and no food reinforcement for pecking on photographs not containing man‐made objects, a discrimination to the two classes of photographs was obtained. The discriminative response generalized to photographs with which the pigeons had no previous experience. This study demonstrates that pigeons are capable of forming relatively high‐order concepts. Some possible stimulus properties controlling the discrimination are discussed.