Cognitive maps in rats and robots

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-96

  Hafner, Verena V ^a  

^a SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial mouse; Cognitive maps mobile robots; Navigation; Place cells; Rat whiskers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21344436395     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230501300202     Document Type: Article

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