Decision making at a crossroad: Why to go straight ahead, retrace a path, or turn sideways?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Miller, Miri ^a   Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Exploration; Home base behavior; Looping; Open field; Path navigation

Indexed keywords

MERIONES; MURIDAE; MUS;

EID: 78650743832     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0338-5     Document Type: Article

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