An age-related deficit in spatial-feature reference memory in homing pigeons (Columba livia)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  Coppola, Vincent J ^a,b   Flaim, Mary E ^a   Carney, Samantha N ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mind and Behavior   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Columba livia; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MEMORY DEFICIT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84916911942     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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