Blocking in the spatial domain with arrays of discrete landmarks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 334-351

  Biegler, R ^a   Morris, R G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; RAT; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033159710     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.25.3.334     Document Type: Article

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