Differences in response initiation and behavioral flexibility between adolescent and adult rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Simon, Nicholas W ^a   Gregory, Timothy A ^a   Wood, Jesse ^a   Moghaddam, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cognition; Flexibility; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUED RESPONSE INHIBITION TASK; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE INITIATION; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84875522709     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031328     Document Type: Article

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