This review will discuss associative learning processes as studied behaviorн ally in animal
subjects. It is highly selective in two ways. First, it concenн trates on providing a framework …

This article reviews some of the research on attentional processes in animals. In the
traditional approach to selective attention, it is proposed that in addition to specific response …

First published in 1984. With this volume we initiate a series of books in comparative
cognition and neuroscience. The presentations at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Conference …

Four experiments investigated the processing of hierarchical stimuli by pigeons. Using a 4
alternative divided–attention task, 4 pigeons were food-reinforced for accurately identifying …

In the analysis of behavior, we often speak of a discriminative stimulus as setting the
occasion on which some response will be reinforced. Strictly, however, discriminative stimuli …

Originally published in 1986, this volume was the result of a conference in honor of the 65th
birthday of the late Kenneth MacCorquodale, an exceptionally eloquent spokesman for the …

This chapter examines the categorization and representation of two real-world categories by
one simple processing system, the pigeon. It investigates the influence of the number of …

It is difficult for one working in animal cognition to avoid adopting a comparative view. When
studying classical or instrumental conditioning, one is dealing with processes so pervasive …

Prepared as a tribute to Donald A. Riley, the essays that appear here are representative of a
research area that has loosely been classified as animal cognition--a categorization that …

Pigeons' performance with samples of stimuli (red and green), number of responses (1 and
20), and reinforcers (food and no food) was assessed in a matching-to-sample preparation …