Effects of repeated disorientation on the acquisition of spatial tasks in rats: Dissociation between the appetitive radial arm maze and aversive water maze

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-210

  Dudchenko, Paul A ^a   Goodridge, Jeremy P ^a   Seiterle, Dominic A ^a   Taube, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; RECALL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031113965     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.2.194     Document Type: Article

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