The influence of landmark salience in a navigation task: An additive effect between its components

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Chamizo, V D ^a   Rodrigo, T ^a   Peris, J M ^b   Grau, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Landmark salience components; Morris pool; Rats; Single landmark learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746590393     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.339     Document Type: Article

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