Blind imitation in pigeons (Columba livia)
(2006)
Journal Article
McGregor, A., Saggerson, A., Pearce, J., & Heyes, C. (2006). Blind imitation in pigeons (Columba livia). Animal Behaviour, 72(2), 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.026
Pigeons that had been trained with a food reward both to peck at and to step on a horizontal plate were allowed to observe a conspecific demonstrator pecking at or stepping on the plate before a test in which the observers were not rewarded for eithe... Read More about Blind imitation in pigeons (Columba livia).