The synthetic approach to the study of spatial memory: have we properly addressed Tinbergen's "four questions"?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Behavioural Processes

• Publication date

  2009-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.013PMID 20522317
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