Averaging of Temporal Memories by Rats

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-439

  Swanton, Dale N ^a   Gooch, Cynthia M ^b   Matell, Matthew S ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

compound stimulus; interval timing; peak interval procedure; time perception; vector averaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 67650572520     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014021     Document Type: Article

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