Differences in cue-dependent spatial navigation may be revealed by in-depth swimming analysis

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-197

  Harvey, Deirdre R ^a   Brant, Lesley ^a   Commins, Sean ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Cues; Spatial navigation; Water maze

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VISUAL CUE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ESCAPE REACTION; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68549132234     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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