A study examined how homing pigeons find their way home from distant and unfamiliar places, using a small GPS device attached to the birds. Each homing pigeon was trained to home from a site with striking landmarks as well as from a barren site with few visual landmarks. The GPS-recorded flight paths of the pigeons on the last release from each site showed a more direct route was taken when the birds homed from the site with striking landmarks.
Which type of study is this?

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This is a matched pairs or repeated measures experiment because each pigeon is subjected to both conditions (landmark-rich and barren sites), and their performance under each condition is compared.

A Study Examined How Homing Pigeons Find Their Way Home