Rats are able to navigate in virtual environments

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-569

  Holscher C ^a   Schnee, A ^b   Dahmen, H ^b   Setia, L ^c   Mallot, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Learning; Memory; Rat; Spatial; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; TIME; VISION;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 14644438643     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01371     Document Type: Article

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