Attention and stimulus processing in the rat

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Muirz, Janice L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Divided attention; Rat; Selective attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030014251     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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