Blocking in Rat Serial Pattern Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Kundey, Shannon M A ^a   Fountain, Stephen B ^b  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination learning; rat; rule learning; sequential learning; serial position

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOPHYSICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REWARD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REWARD; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 77950925969     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016523     Document Type: Article

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