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Direct linkTommasi, Luca; Thinus-Blanc, Catherine – Learning & Memory, 2004
Rats were trained to search for a food reward hidden under sawdust in the center of a square-shaped enclosure designed to force orientation on the basis of the overall geometry of the environment. They were then tested in a number of enclosures differing in shape and in size (rectangular-, double-side square-, and equilateral triangle-shaped…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Animals, Spatial Ability
