Further evidence that rats rely on local rather than global spatial information to locate a hidden goal: Reply to Cheng and Gallistel (2005)

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-321

  McGregor, Anthony ^a,b   Jones, Peter M ^a,b   Good, Mark A ^a,b   Pearce, John M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric module; Navigation; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GOALS; MALE; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33746594243     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.314     Document Type: Article

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