Object-goal positioning influences spatial representation in rats

Animal Cognition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Cook, Robert G ^a   Tauro, Traci L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal spatial cognition; Navigation mechanisms; Rats; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006613605     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100710050024     Document Type: Article

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