Spatial Memory in Dogs (Canis familiaris) on a Radial Maze.
Working spatial memory in dogs (Canis familiaris) was tested in Experiments 1 and 2 on an 8-arm radial maze. When dogs chose freely among all 8 arms containing food in Experiment 1, they learned to enter all 8 arms with progressively fewer arm visits over trials. In Experiment 2, 2 groups of dogs we...
| Published in: | Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 47 - 57 |
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American Psychological Association
February 2010
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