Landmark stability: Further studies pointing to a role in spatial learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-345

  Biegler, R ^a   Morris, R G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; RAT; RECALL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030276986     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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