An overview of the tasks used to test working memory in rodents

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 699-709

  Dudchenko, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Delayed alternation; Delayed non matching to sample; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; RODENTIA; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 8844281576     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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