Transfer of spatial behaviour controlled by a landmark array with a distinctive shape

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-91

  Esber, Guillermo R ^a   McGregor, Anthony ^a   Good, Mark A ^a   Hayward, Andrew ^a   Pearce, John M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 12344258222     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990444000069     Document Type: Article

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