Behavior and spatial learning in radial mazes in birds

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 725-739

  Pleskacheva, Marina G ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Birds; Corvids; Pigeons; Radial maze; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; COGNITION; DOVE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAZE TEST; MIGRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REFERENCE MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SPARROW; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; MAZE LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349607947     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-009-9199-2     Document Type: Review

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