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Evidence for a Mixed Timing and Counting Strategy in Mice Performing a Mechner Counting Task

Numerosity, or the ability to understand and distinguish between discrete quantities, was first formalized for study in animals by Mechner (1958a). Rats had to press one lever (the counting lever) n times to arm food release from pressing a second lever (the reward lever). The only cue that n presse...

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Autores principales: Light, Kenneth R., Cotten, Brian, Malekan, Talia, Dewil, Sophie, Bailey, Matthew R., Gallistel, Charles R., Balsam, Peter D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00109