Studying learning and memory in animals: A look into cognitive function

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Applications, Methods and Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 37-70

  Brocardo, Patricia S ^a   Gil Mohapel, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cognition; Conditioning; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Morris Water Maze

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