Maze procedures: The radial-arm and water maze compared

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 167-181

  Hodges, Helen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cognitive map; Radial arm maze; Spatial learning and memory; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030007730     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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