Pattern Cue and Visual Cue Competition in a Foraging Task by Rats

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 378-389

  Clipperton Allen, Amy ^a,b   Cole, Mark ^a   Peck, Margaux ^a,c   Quirt, Julie ^a,d  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LLP   (Canada)

^d Holden Quirt   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cue competition; Modularity; Object recognition; Pattern recognition; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84976328459     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-016-0231-4     Document Type: Article

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