Adolescent rats show cognitive rigidity in a test of attentional set shifting

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-401

  Newman, Lori A ^a   Mcgaughy, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attention; Distractibility; Prefrontal cortex; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

RATTUS;

EID: 79954415668     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20537     Document Type: Article

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