Blocking of spatial control by landmarks in rats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-118

  Stahlman, W David ^a   Blaisdell, Aaron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative; Blocking; Cognitive map; Rats; Spatial

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FIELDWORK; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAPPING; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 63349109640     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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