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Dominance was observed in a loft of eight racing homer pigeons, four cocks and four hens. The cock and the hen lowest in dominance as defined by frequency of displacements were conditioned to peck another pigeon in a pigeon chamber. The birds were returned to the loft and dominance was again recorded. No change in the dominance was observed as a function of the conditioning. This result is compared to previous reports of generalization of conditioned fighting.
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Willis, F.N., Lumia, A.R. Conditioned fighting and dominance in pigeons. Psychon Sci 10, 187–188 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331473
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