Malleability in the development of spatial reorientation

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-255

  Twyman, Alexandra D ^a   Newcombe, Nora S ^b   Gould, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive combination; Age differences; Geometric module; Mice; Plasticity; Rearing environment; Reorientation; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEARNING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84875378592     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21017     Document Type: Article

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