Chapter 2.1 The current status of cognitive time travel research in animals

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-153

  Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bischof Kohler Hypothesis; comparative psychology; episodic memory; future planning; mental time travel; what where when memory

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EID: 67649687038     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-7339(08)00209-9     Document Type: Review

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