Cognitive maps in rats and men.
@article{Tolman1948CognitiveMI, title={Cognitive maps in rats and men.}, author={Edward Chace Tolman}, journal={Psychological review}, year={1948}, volume={55 4}, pages={ 189-208 } }
I shall devote the body of this paper to a description of experiments with rats. But I shall also attempt in a few words at the close to indicate the significance of these findings on rats for the clinical behavior of men. Most of the rat investigations, which I shall report, were carried out in the Berkeley laboratory. But I shall also include, occasionally, accounts of the behavior of non-Berkeley rats who obviously have misspent their lives in out-of-State laboratories. Furthermore, in…
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