Absence of an Interaction between Navigational Strategies Based on Local and Distal Landmarks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-44

  McGregor, Anthony ^a   Good, Mark A ^a   Pearce, John M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642537580     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.1.34     Document Type: Article

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