Cognitive performance place preference during hidden platform place learning in the Morris water maze.

<p>Shown is the time spent in the platform quadrant expressed as percentage of trial duration (+ SEM) for each acquisition day displayed by adult superior (full triangles) and adult inferior (full circles) (<b>A</b>) as well as aged superior (open triangles) and aged inferior (open circles) (<b>B</b>) learners. <b>C</b>) Depicted is the mean curve level [%] of the place preference (+ SEM) for adult and aged rats as well as adult superior, adult inferior, aged superior, and aged inferior learners (*, **, ***: p ≤ 0.05, 0.01, 0.001).