Changes in attention to relevant and irrelevant stimuli during spatial learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-254

  Cuell, Steven F ^a,b   Good, Mark A ^a   Dopson, Jemma C ^a   Pearce, John M ^a   Horne, Murray R ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Landmarks; Place; Spatial learning; Stimulus relevance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; RATS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871857952     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028491     Document Type: Article

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