An Analysis of Response, Direction, and Place Learning in an Open Field and T Maze

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Skinner, Darlene M ^a   Etchegary, Cheryl M ^a   Ekert Maret, Elysia C ^a   Baker, Colleen J ^a   Harley, Carolyn W ^a   Evans, John H ^a   Martin, Gerard M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037269125     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.29.1.3     Document Type: Article

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