Operant behavior of the rat can be controlled by the configuration of objects in an animated scene displayed on a computer screen

Physiological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Nekovarova T ^a   Klement, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Configuration recognition; Operant behavior; Pattern discrimination; Position recognition; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REWARD; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33244480800     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: 08628408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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