An assessment of response, direction and place learning by rats in a water T-maze

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-385

  Whyte, Jacqueline T ^a   Martin, Gerard M ^a   Skinner, Darlene M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Navigation; Orientation; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349731582     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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