Some pitfalls in measuring memory in animals

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 711-718

  Thorpe, Christina M ^a   Jacova, Claudia ^a   Wilkie, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Errors; Memory; Prospective memory; Species typical behaviours

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 8844274119     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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