Touchscreen-enhanced visual learning in rats

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-106

  Cook, Robert G ^a,d   Geller, Alfred I ^b,c   Zhang, Guo Rong ^b,c   Gowda, Ram ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 2942642472     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195555     Document Type: Article

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