A multivariate approach reveals the behavioral templates underlying visual discrimination in rats

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  Vermaercke, Ben ^a   Op De Beeck, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; RATS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855707666     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.041     Document Type: Article

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