Visual artificial grammar learning: comparative research on humans, kea (Nestor notabilis) and pigeons (Columba livia)

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 367; no. 1598; pp. 1995 - 2006
• Main Authors: Stobbe, Nina, Westphal-Fitch, Gesche, Aust, Ulrike, Fitch, W. Tecumseh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 19.07.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Artificial Grammar Learning; Birds; Columbidae - physiology; Comparative Research; Concept Formation - physiology; Discrimination, Psychological; Experimentation; Female; Formal Language Theory; Generalization, Stimulus - physiology; Grammar; Humans; Learning; Learning - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Pattern Learning; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Pigeons; Psittaciformes - physiology; Simultaneous Presentation; Species Specificity; Tiles; Training; Visual learning; Visual Stimuli; Young Adult

Artificial grammar learning (AGL) provides a useful tool for exploring rule learning strategies linked to general purpose pattern perception. To be able to directly compare performance of humans with other species with different memory capacities, we developed an AGL task in the visual domain. Prese...