Rat behavior in Go/No-Go and two-alternative choice odor discrimination: Differences and similarities

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-603

  Frederick, Donald E ^a   Rojas Líbano, Daniel ^a   Scott, Meagen ^a   Kay, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Go no go; Odor discrimination; Olfactory behavior; Rat operant wbehavior; Speed accuracy trade off; Two alternative choice

Indexed keywords

ANISOLE; PENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RAT; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SMELL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960942850     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024371     Document Type: Article

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