The canine sand maze: An appetitive spatial memory paradigm sensitive to age-related change in dogs.

Aged dogs exhibit a spectrum of cognitive abilities including a syndrome similar to Alzheimer's disease. A major impediment to research so far has been the lack of a quick and accurate test of visuospatial memory appropriate for community-based animals. We therefore report on the development and val...

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Published in:	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 109 - 119
Main Authors:	Salvin, Hannah E., McGreevy, Paul D., Sachdev, Perminder S., Valenzuela, Michael J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior January 2011
Subjects:	Psychology of learning Maze puzzles Dogs > Behavior Memory Space perception Age Animals
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost