The influence of hippocampal lesions on the discrimination of structure and on spatial memory in pigeons (Columba livia)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1316-1330

  Pearce, John M ^a,b   George, David N ^a,b   Haselgrove, Mark ^a,b   Erichsen, Jonathen T ^a   Good, Mark A ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Hippocampus; Pigeons; Space; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744497468     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.5.1316     Document Type: Article

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