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Tool manipulation by rats (Rattus norvegicus) according to the position of food

Tool-use behaviour has been observed in nonhuman animals in the wild and in experimental settings. In the present study, we investigated whether rats (Rattus norvegicus) could manipulate a tool according to the position of food to obtain the food in an experimental setting. Eight rats were trained t...

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Autores principales: Nagano, Akane, Aoyama, Kenjiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5519611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28729626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06308-7