Associative analysis of spatial learning in environments with a distinctive shape

The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the proposal by Miller and Shettleworth (2007) that learning about geometric cues in environments with a distinctive shape is governed by a competitive learning rule (e.g., Rescorla & Wagner, 1972). To do this, in all experiments, rats were trained to locat...

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Main Author: Horne, Murray R.
Published: Cardiff University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584706