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A Method for Investigating Change Blindness in Pigeons (Columba Livia)
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A Method for Investigating Change Blindness in Pigeons (Columba Livia)

A Method for Investigating Change Blindness in Pigeons (Columba Livia)

DOI:
10.3791/56677-v

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06:14 min

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September 07, 2018

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1Department of Psychology,Whitman College

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  • 00:04Title
  • 00:34Pre-training Sessions for Pigeons in Operant Chambers
  • 02:11Training Sessions
  • 04:16Results: Variations in Inter-Stimulus-Interval, Stimulus Repetitions, and Stimulus Presentation Time Affect Accuracy
  • 05:08Conclusion

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Change blindness is a phenomenon of visual attention, whereby changes to a visual display go unnoticed under certain specific circumstances. This protocol describes a variation on the flicker paradigm for investigating change blindness that is appropriate and effective for research with pigeons.

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Change BlindnessPigeonsComparative CognitionOperant ChamberPretrainingStimulus DisplayResponse KeysInter-stimulus IntervalInter-trial Interval

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