Auditory word discriminations in the pigeon.
Four pigeons were trained on a multiple variable-interval 30-s extinction schedule with various pairs of spoken English words presented as the discriminative stimuli. The birds typically produced discrimination indices of 70% to 90% accuracy. Discrimination accuracy was improved by shortening the interval between auditory stimulus presentations, and by increasing the number of syllables in the words.
Pisacreta
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Gough
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Redwood
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Goodfellow
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D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception; D010856:Columbidae; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule