Stable panoramic views facilitate snap-shot like memories for spatial reorientation in homing pigeons.

Following spatial disorientation, animals can reorient themselves by relying on geometric cues (metric and sense) specified both by the macroscopic surface layout of an enclosed space and prominent visual landmarks in arrays. Whether spatial reorientation in arrays of landmarks is based on explicit...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Pecchia, Anna Gagliardo, Giorgio Vallortigara
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8d9151bfd0854b45a90da2c1a4681ab7
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