Automatic imitation in budgerigars.
A fully automated procedure, involving computer-controlled stimulus presentation and computer-recorded response measurement, was used for the first time to study imitation in non-human animals. After preliminary training to peck and step on a manipulandum, budgerigars were given a discrimination tas...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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