Reconsidering 'spatial memory' and the Morris water maze

Synthese

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-283

  Sullivan, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Experimental learning paradigm; Mechanisms; Reliability; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650059354     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-010-9849-5     Document Type: Article

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