The geometric module in the rat: Independence of shape and feature learning in a food finding task

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-298

  Wall, Patricia L ^a   Botly, Leigh C P ^a   Black, Christina K ^a   Shettleworth, Sara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 10944251916     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196028     Document Type: Article

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