In searching for food, a rat seems to be guided by
A) a map of where it has been.
B) memory for a list of places where it has traveled according to the microchoices made along the way.
C) either a memory for a list of places where it has been or a map, depending on the demands of the task.
D) place cells in the hippocampus.

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Rats use both spatial memory (a mental map) and a sequence of microchoices (episodic memory) to navigate, depending on the task's demands.

In Searching for Food, a Rat Seems to Be Guided