Can zebrafish learn spatial tasks? An empirical analysis of place and single CS-US associative learning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-421

  Karnik, Indraneel ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Relational learning; Social behavior; Spatial learning; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RODENT; SHOCK; SPATIAL TASK; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84862287052     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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