Comparisons of rats' choice behavior among three different radial-maze tasks

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Haga, Yasuaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm investigation; Choice accuracy; Radial arm maze; Rats; Response pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031292891     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00035     Document Type: Review

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