Telencephalic ablation in goldfish impairs performance in a 'spatial constancy' problem but not in a cued one

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Salas, Cosme ^a   Broglio, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez, Fernando ^a   López, Juan Carlos ^a   Portavella, Manuel ^a   Torres, Bias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Goldfish; Spatial memory; Spatial vs cue learning; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; GOLDFISH; SPACE PERCEPTION; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030248037     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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