Behavior and spatial learning of birds in radial maze

Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-407

  Pleskacheva, M G ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Birds; Corvids; Pigeon; Radial maze; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; MAZE LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 54149083573     PISSN: 00444677     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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