Spatial choices of rats based on abstract visual information: Pattern- or configuration-discrimination?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Nekovarova, Tereza ^a   Nedvidek, Jan ^a   Bures, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cognition; Computer monitor; Patterns discrimination; Rats; Representation of space; Spatial configuration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746636021     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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