General learning ability regulates exploration through its influence on rate of habituation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-309

  Light, Kenneth R ^a   Grossman, Henya ^a   Kolata, Stefan ^a   Wass, Christopher ^a   Matzel, Louis D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Exploration; General intelligence; Habituation; Learning; Open field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79959287071     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.050     Document Type: Article

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