Exploration is sufficient but not necessary for navigation with landmarks in the house mouse (Mus musculus)

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-576

  Alyan, Sofyan ^b   Jander, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031281168     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1997.0985     Document Type: Article

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