Proximal versus distal cue utilization in preweanling spatial localization: The influence of cue number and location

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-165

  Carman, Heidi M ^a   Booze, Rosemarie M ^b   Snow, Diane M ^a   Mactutus, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Distal; Immature rats; Morris water maze; Ontogeny; Proximal; Spatial navigation; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0038094447     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00089-1     Document Type: Article

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