Transfer of Spatial Behavior Between Different Environments: Implications for Theories of Spatial Learning and for the Role of the Hippocampus in Spatial Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-147

  Pearce, John M ^a,b   Good, Mark A ^a,b   Jones, Peter M ^a,b   McGregor, Anthony ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; FORM PERCEPTION; GENERALIZATION, RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842832113     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.30.2.135     Document Type: Article

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