Spaced initial stimulus familiarization enhances novelty preference in Long-Evans rats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-486

  Anderson, Matthew J ^a   Jablonski, Sarah A ^a   Klimas, Diana B ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Familiarization; Novelty; Rats; Spacing

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; FAMILIARITY; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SPACING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS;

EID: 43049159711     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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