No evidence for cognitive mapping in rats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Benhamou, Simon ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MAPPING; NORWAY RAT;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030176780     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0165     Document Type: Article

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