Symposium overview: The use of delayed matching-to-sample procedures in studies of short-term memory in animals and humans

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 493-502

  Paule, Merle G ^a   Bushnell, Philip J ^b   Maurissen, Jacques P J ^c   Wenger, Galen R ^d   Buccafusco, Jerry J ^e   Chelonis, John J ^f   Elliott, Rebecca ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative psychology; Discrimination; Encoding; Retention; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; SCOPOLAMINE;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MONKEY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031770363     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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