Response to Comments on "Ducklings imprint on the relational concept of 'same or different'".

نویسندگان

  • Antone Martinho
  • Alex Kacelnik
چکیده

Two Comments by Hupé and by Langbein and Puppe address our choice of statistical analysis in assigning preference between sets of stimuli to individual ducklings in our paper. We believe that our analysis remains the most appropriate approach for our data and experimental design.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Science

دوره 355 6327  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017