Discrimination: From behaviour to brain

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-297

  Phillmore, Leslie S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Dopamine; Long term potentiation; Perception; Reward

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FOOD; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SKILL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39149111564     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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