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Pigeons were tested in an experiment designed to examine the reinforcing potential of visual stimuli after being placed in an isolation chamber. Results indicated that visual access to the room in which the pigeon colony was housed served as a reinforcer under these experimental conditions.
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Stahl, J.M., O’Brien, R.A. & Hanford, P.V. Visual exploratory behavior in the pigeon. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 35–36 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333331
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333331