Animal Memory: Episodic-like Memory in Rats.
From: Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada. roberts@uwo.ca
Current biology : CB
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0960-9822
- Volume: 16
- Issue: 15
- Pages: R601-3
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Roberts William A, et al. Animal Memory: Episodic-like Memory in Rats.. Curr. Biol. Aug 2006;16:R601-3
Abstract
Recent experiments with rats on a radial maze indicate that they can remember what foods they encountered, and when and where they encountered them. These findings, and others with food-storing birds, challenge the idea that only humans have episodic memory.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Consciousness, Maze Learning, Memory, Rats
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