Learning of paw preference in mice is strain dependent, gradual and based on short-term memory of previous reaches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-257

  Ribeiro, Andre S ^a   Eales, Brenda A ^b   Biddle, Fred G ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Autocorrelation; Learning; Mouse; Mus musculus; Null model; Paw preference; Probabilistic; Short and long term memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOCORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; PROBABILITY; RODENT;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 78650204460     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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