Spatial pattern learning in rats: Control by an iterative pattern

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-416

  Brown, Michael F ^a   Zeiler, Christine ^a   John, Anica ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035491841     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.27.4.407     Document Type: Article

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