The vector sum model of pigeon landmark use.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior ProcessesPublished 1 October 1989
Ken Cheng
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Abstract
Two experiments further tested a model of how pigeons use landmarks to find a location. The vector sum model (Cheng, 1988) predicts that when a landmark is shifted in one direction from its usual position, the bird's peak place of search may shift in that direction, but not in the orthogonal direction
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