Effects of preexposure and retention interval placement on latent inhibition and perceptual learning in a choice-maze discrimination task

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-201

  De La Casa, L G ^a,c   Timberlake, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOICE MAZE DISCRIMINATION TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; LATENT INHIBITION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33749032403     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193194     Document Type: Article

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