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identifier to cite or link to this item:  Title: Basic tools for
navigation: use of landmarks in the domestic chicks Other
Titles: Strumenti basilari della navigazione: uso di indizi
locali nel pulcino di pollo domestico Authors: Pecchia, Tommaso
Supervisor/Tutor: Vallortigara, Giorgio Issue Date: 2-Apr-2009
Publisher: Università degli studi di Trieste Abstract: Examined
were the capabilities of the domestic chick (Gallus gallus) to
reorient in a rectangular array of landmarks. In the first
series of experiments, the subjects were required to ground
scratch at the correct location, defined by the configural cues,
to gain a food reward. When the array occupied the centre of a
circular enclosure, there were no evidence of geometric
computation. Chicks reoriented when the landmarks occupied the
corners of a rectangular arena. Nevertheless, when a rectangular
array of undistinguishable cues was