Horizontal biases in rats’ use of three-dimensional space

► Rat spatial behaviour was compared between horizontal and vertical dimensions. ► In both foraging and detour tasks, rats preferred horizontal over vertical movements. ► Rats also preferred routes where the horizontal leg occurred first rather than last. ► A horizontal bias is energetically adaptiv...

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Main Authors: Jovalekic, Aleksandar, Hayman, Robin, Becares, Natalia, Reid, Harry, Thomas, George, Wilson, Jonathan, Jeffery, Kate
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157560/