The Information Content of Panoramic Images II: View-Based Navigation in Nonrectangular Experimental Arenas

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-30

  Cheung, Allen ^a   Stürzl, Wolfgang ^a   Zeil, Jochen ^a   Cheng, Ken ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

computer simulation; geometry; rats; spatial learning; view based navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LEARNING; RAT; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 39049117944     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.34.1.15     Document Type: Article

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