Constraints and the emergence of 'free' exploratory behavior in rat ontogeny

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 519-539

  Tchernichovski, Ofer ^a   Benjamini, Yoav ^a   Golani, Ilan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Home base; Locomotor activity; Navigation; Open field cognitive map; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOUR; ONTOGENY; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 0030429915     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00198     Document Type: Article

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