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Observational Learning in Fish, Birds, and Mammals: A Classified Bibliography Spanning Over 100 Years of Research

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The present research was supported by Grant 2602 from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The author thanks François Y. Doré (Université Laval, Québec City) for providing some of the listed references.

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Robert, M. Observational Learning in Fish, Birds, and Mammals: A Classified Bibliography Spanning Over 100 Years of Research. Psychol Rec 40, 289–311 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399565

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