In search of the cognitive map: Can rats learn an abstract pattern of rewarded arms on the radial maze?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-362

  Olthof, Anneke ^a   Sutton, Jennifer E ^a   Slumskie, Shawna V ^a   D'Addetta, JoAnne ^a   Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0038151362     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.25.3.352     Document Type: Article

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