The Contribution of Spatial Cues to Memory: Direction, but Not Cue, Changes Support Response Reversal Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Wright, Sandra L ^a   Williams, Dene ^b   Evans, John H ^b   Skinner, Darlene M ^b   Martin, Gerard M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

conditional discrimination place learning; direction learning; responsive reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 65649105129     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013405     Document Type: Article

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