Tool-use training in a species of rodent: The emergence of an optimal motor strategy and functional understanding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Okanoya, Kazuo ^a   Tokimoto, Naoko ^a   Kumazawa, Noriko ^a   Hihara, Sayaka ^a   Iriki, Atsushi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; RODENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE; ANIMAL; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HOMINIDAE; OCTODON DEGUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RODENTIA;

EID: 46749101707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001860     Document Type: Article

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