Can rats acquire an olfactory learning set?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-415

  Slotnick, Burton ^a   Hanford, Lillian ^a   Hodos, William ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; ODORS; RATS; SMELL;

EID: 0034305311     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.26.4.399     Document Type: Article

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