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. 1986 May;45(3):269–282. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1986.45-269

Auditory word discriminations in the pigeon.

R Pisacreta, D Gough, E Redwood, L Goodfellow
PMCID: PMC1348238  PMID: 3711775

Abstract

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.

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