Failure of a landmark to restrict spatial learning based on the shape of the environment

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-314

  Hayward, Andrew ^a   Good, Mark A ^a   Pearce, John M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 7544225149     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724990344000150     Document Type: Article

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