Transitive Inference in Rats: A Test of the Spatial Coding Hypothesis

Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 368-374

  Roberts, William A ^a   Phelps, Maria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84965400502     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1994.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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