EFFECTS OF NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE PIGEONS DISCRIMINATION OF SAME FROMDIFFERENT VISUAL-DISPLAYS

Authors
YOUNG ME WASSERMAN EA GARNER KL
Citation
Me. Young et al., EFFECTS OF NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE PIGEONS DISCRIMINATION OF SAME FROMDIFFERENT VISUAL-DISPLAYS, Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, 23(4), 1997, pp. 491-501
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental","Psychology, Biological","Behavioral Sciences",Psychology
Journal title
Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes → ACNP
ISSN journal
00977403
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
491 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-7403(1997)23:4<491:EONOIO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The pigeon's discrimination of visual displays comprising from 2 to 16 computer icons that were either the same as or different from one ano ther was studied. Discrimination of Same from Different displays impro ved when the displays contained more icons, both after training with j ust 16-icon displays (Experiment 1) and after training with 2-, 4-, 8- , 12-, and 16-icon displays (Experiment 2). That improvement was speci fic to displays of different icons; accuracy to displays of same icons did not differ as a function of icon number. These results were well described by the degree of variability or entropy in multielement visu al displays.