Interaction between piloting and beacon homing by rats in a swimming pool

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-350

  Redhead, Edward S ^a   Roberts, Amanda ^a   Good, Mark ^a   Pearce, John M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; RATS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031180473     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.3.340     Document Type: Article

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