Pigeons, unlike humans, do not prefer near hits in a slot-machine-like task.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Behavioural Processes

• Publication date

  2017-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.beproc.2017.02.012PMID 28216121
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