Short-term social memory in the laboratory rat: Its susceptibility to disturbance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Mendl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rat; Retroactive interference; Social memory; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034599943     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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