Variation in arm-choice strategies of rats in radial-maze tasks

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-59

  Haga, Yasuaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm choice strategies; Effects of rewards; Radial arm maze; Rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032258977     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00075     Document Type: Article

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