Hind limb stepping over obstacles in the horse guided by place-object memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 372-379

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^a   Gorny, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horse place memory; Memory and hind limb stepping; Obstacle memory in horse; Obstacle stepping in horse; Place memory for stepping; Stepping in the horse; Working memory for stepping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; VISUAL AID; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 59649104406     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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