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Pigeon is a Skinner Box control software for classical operant conditioning.

The Pigeon system makes use of the newest technology.
It is an all in one conditioning device with
- stimulus control,
- reward and punishment control,
- and response analysis.

Originally Pigeon was designed for birds, but it is easy to convert for other species. It presents a visual stimulus on a touch screen and records some interesting data about the response, a human observer could not estimate. The system applies a food reward for the positive stimulus and a harmless light signal for the negative, respectively neutral stimulus. To convert the system, we can simply replace the food dispenser and the light bulb with other analog devices.

Highly resistant touch screen that survives rude treatment by animals. Even bird pecking cannot destroy it

Item presentation by random or systematically

User definable item size, color and shape

Result parameter: Hit (yes/no)

Result parameter: Peck coordinates x/y

Result parameter: Accuracy (distance of touch to the presented object's centerpoint)

Result parameter: Peck timeline

Result parameter: Response phase (reaction in pause between stimuli - instantly - delayed)

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