Table 2.

Comparison between Morris Water Maze and Radial Arm Maze [41, 56, 73, 89, 181]

Factors	MWM	RAM
Spatial memory assessed	Short-term working memory	Short-term working and long-term reference memory
Speed of learning	Rapid	Slow
Motivation	Aversive	Appetitive
Type of search	Free	Constrained
Nature of locomotion	Swimming	Walking
Anxiety/stress levels	High levels	Low levels
Search strategies	Easier to detect	Harder to detect
Olfactory Information	Absent	More likely to be present
Likelihood of using additional mechanisms (other than spatial) to solve the task	Less likely	More likely