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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Forcano, L.; Santamaria, J.; Mackintosh, N. J.; Chamizo, V. D. – Learning and Motivation, 2009
In Experiments 1 and 2, rats were trained in a Morris pool to find a hidden platform located some distance away from a single landmark. Males learned to swim to the platform faster than females, but on test trials without the platform, males, unlike females, spent less time in the platform quadrant of the pool in the second half of each test trial…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Task Analysis, Animals, Navigation
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Rodrigo, T.; Sansa, J.; Baradad, P.; Chamizo, V. D. – Learning and Motivation, 2006
In two experiments in a Morris pool, rats were trained to find a hidden platform which was located in a specific position in relation to two objects, B and F, which were presented together, one in front of the other. One object, B, was just above the platform (a beacon for the platform, the critical object) while the second object, F, was above…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Spatial Ability, Experiments
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Chamizo, V. D.; Rodrigo, T. – Learning and Motivation, 2004
In two experiments rats were trained in a Morris pool to find a hidden platform in the presence of a single landmark. Circular black curtains surrounded the pool, with the single landmark inside this enclosure, so that no other room cues could provide additional information about the location of the platform. This landmark was hung from a false…
Descriptors: Proximity, Cues, Classical Conditioning, Animals