Exploring the limits of spatial memory in rats, using very large mazes

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-368

  Cole, Mark R ^a   Chappell Stephenson, Robyn ^a  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; LONG TERM MEMORY; ORIENTATION; RECALL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 1442305241     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195996     Document Type: Article

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