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Selected Publications from the Cook Avian Cognition Lab

Cook, R.G., Geller, A. I ,Zhang, G., & Gowda, R.,. (in press). Touchscreen enhanced visual learning in rats. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers.

Katz, J. S., & Cook, R.G. (2003). The multiplicity of visual search strategies in pigeons. In S. Soraci and K. Murata-Soraci (Eds.) Visual Information Processing. (pp. 201-222). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Cook, R. G., Kelly, D. M. & Katz, J. S. (2003) Successive two-item same-different discrimination and concept learning by pigeons. Behavioral Processes, 62, 125-144.  PDF

Kelly, D. M. & Cook. R. G. (2003). Differential effects of visual context on pattern discrimination by pigeons and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 117, 200-208. PDF

Cook, R. G. (2002) Same/different learning in pigeons. In M. Bekoff, C. Allen, G. Burghardt (Eds.). The Cognitive Animal. (pp. 229-238). MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. PDF

Cook, R. G. (2002). The structure of pigeon multiple-class same/different learning. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 78, 345-364. PDF

Cook, R. G.(2001). Avian visual cognition. [On-line]. Available: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/

Cavoto, K. K. & Cook, R.G. (2001) Cognitive precedence for local information in hierarchical stimulus processing by pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 27, 3-16. PDF

Cook, R. G., & Holtzinger, J (2001). The value of comparative psychology: The bird’s eye view. In M.E. Carroll and J. B Overmier (Eds.) Linking Animal Research and Human Psychological Health, APA Books.

Cook R. G. (2001). Hierarchical stimulus processing in pigeons. In R. G. Cook  (Ed.), Avian visual cognition [On-line]. Available:www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/cook/

Cook R. G. (2001). Birds, brains and bits. In R. G. Cook  (Ed.), Avian visual cognition [On-line]. Available: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/cook/intro.htm

Cook, R.G., Shaw, R., Blaisdell, A. P. (2001). Dynamic object perception by pigeons: Discrimination of action in video presentations. Animal Cognition,  4, 137-146. PDF

Cook, R. G. (2000). Same-different discrimination and concept learning by pigeons. International Journal of Psychology, 35, 219.

Cook, R.G., Katz, J. S., & Kelly, D. M. (2000). Pictorial same-different categorical learning and discrimination in pigeons.  In J. Fagot (Ed.) Picture Perception in Animals. (pp. 181-218) East Sussex: Psychology. Reprinted from the 1999 article.

Cook, R. G. (2000). The comparative psychology of visual cognition. Current Directions in Psychological  Science, 9, 83-88. PDF

Katz, J. S., & Cook, R.G. (2000) Stimulus repetition effects on texture-based search by pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 26, 220-236. PDF

Cook, R.G., Katz, J.S., & Kelly, D. M. (1999). Pictorial same-different concept learning and discrimination in pigeons. Current Psychology of Cognition.

Cook, R.G. & Katz, J.S. (1999). Dynamic object perception in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 25, 194-210. PDF

Cook, R.G. & Tauro, T. (1999). The influence of landmark-goal proximity on the representation of space by rats. Animal Cognition, 2, 55-62. PDF

Cook, R. G., Katz, J. S, & Cavoto, B. R. (1998). Processes of visual cognition in the pigeon. In S. Soraci & B. McIlvane (Eds.) Perspectives on Fundamental Processes in Intellectual Functioning, Volume 1: A survey of research approaches. Greenwich, CT: Ablex. PDF

Cook, R.G. (1998). Visual perception. In G. Greenberg & M. Haraway (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Comparative Psychology. New York: Garland Publishing.

Cook, R.G., Cavoto, B.R., Katz, J. & Cavoto, K.K. (1997). Pigeon perception and discimination of rapidly changing texture stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 23, 390-40.
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Cook, R. G. , Katz, J. Cavoto, B. R. (1997) Pigeon same-different concept learning with multiple stimulus classes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 23, 417-433. PDF
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Cook, R.G. & Wixted, J.T. (1997). Same-different texture discrimination in pigeons: Testing competing models of discrimination and stimulus integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 23, 401-416. PDF
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Greene, C. & Cook, R.G. (1997). Landmark geometry and identity controls spatial navigation in rats. Animal Learning & Behavior, 25, 312- 323.

Cook, R.G., Cavoto, K.K. & Cavoto, B.R. (1996). Mechanisms of multidimensional grouping, fusion, and search in avian texture discrimination. Animal Learning & Behavior, 24, 150-167.

Cook, R.G., Cavoto, K.K. & Cavoto, B.R. (1995). Same/different texture discrimination and concept learning in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 21 253-260. PDF

Cook, R.G. (1995). Filling in a visual neglect: Vision, brain and behavior in birds. Contemporary Psychology. 40, 686-687.

Cook, R. G. (1993). The experimental analysis of cognition in animals. Psychological Science, 4, 174-178. PDF

Cook, R. G. (1993). Gestalt contributions to visual texture discriminations by pigeons. In T. Zentall (Ed.), Animal Cognition: A tribute to Donald A. Riley. (pp. 251-270). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cook, R. G. (1992a) The acquisition and transfer of texture visual discriminations by pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 18, 341-353. PDF

Cook, R. G. (1992b). Dimensional organization and texture discrimination in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 18, 354-363. PDF

Cook, R. G. (1992c). The visual perception and processing of textures by pigeons. In W. K. Honig & G. Fetterman (Eds.), Cognitive aspects of stimulus control (pp. 279-299). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cook, R. G., Riley, D. A., & Brown, M. F. (1992). Spatial and configural factors in compound stimulus processing by pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 20, 41-55.

Cook, R. G., Wright, A. A., & Sands, S. F. (1991). Interstimulus interval and viewing time effects in monkey list memory. Animal Learning & Behavior, 19, 153-163. PDF

Kendrick, D. F., Wright. A. A. & Cook, R. G. (1990). On the role of memory in concept learning by pigeons. Psychological Record, 40, 359-371.

Canli, T., Cook, R. G., & Miczek K. A. (1990). Opiate antagonists enhance the working memory of rats in the radial maze. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 36, 521-525.

Wright A. A., Cook, R. G., Rivera, J. J., Shyan, M. R., Neiworth, J. J., Jitsumori, M. (1990). Naming, rehearsal, interstimulus interval effects in memory processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning & Memory, 16, 1043-1059. PDF