Object recognition testing: Methodological considerations on exploration and discrimination measures

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-347

  Akkerman, Sven ^a   Blokland, Arjan ^b   Reneerkens, Olga ^a   van Goethem, Nick P ^a   Bollen, Eva ^a   Gijselaers, Hieronymus J M ^a   Lieben, Cindy K J ^a   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a   Prickaerts, Jos ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination measures; Exploration; Memory; Methods; Object recognition task

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH DESIGN; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861675883     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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