The phrase "a spatial preference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's or something's tendency or inclination towards certain spatial arrangements or locations.
Example: "In urban planning, understanding a spatial preference can help design more effective public spaces that cater to the needs of the community."
Alternatives: "a spatial inclination" or "a preference for space".
However, male zebra finches' behavioural responses in a spatial preference paradigm to a range of estrildid finch species, other than domesticated Bengalese finches, remain unknown.
To characterize the development of a spatial preference for the goal platform the MWM pool was divided into 10×10 cm wide sectors allowing the presence probability of an animal in each sector to be represented as heat map-like occupancy plots.
Thus, Ccnd2−/− and Ccnd2+/− mice did acquire a spatial preference that allowed them to locate the hidden platform effectively.
Thus, this experiment demonstrates that well matured to old foragers can express a spatial memory that was acquired previously, which is distinct in comparison to naïve, inexperienced bees that did not show a spatial orientation preference.
It is evident that the fly explored nearly the entire arena over the course of the two hours (Fig. 2a), and one immediately questions whether the fly displayed any spatial preference for one part of the arena.
Our results seem to support this assertion since the positions of synapses do not show any spatial preference, so the rule would apply to the neuropil of layer III as a whole.
During the first acquisition phase treated animals needed longer to develop a precise spatial preference for the goal.
Plotted along the four acquisition sessions, the swimming patterns show that wild type mice develop a clear spatial preference, whereas heterozygotes distribute their activity similarly across all quadrants, indicating reduced spatial learning.
The poorer execution of transgenic mice during the acquisition phase was correlated with the searching trajectory of the mice, that was significantly different, so that wild type mice develop a clear spatial preference, whereas transgenic mice distribute their activity similarly across all quadrants, indicating impaired spatial learning.
Our evidence indicates that UEV-1 likely does not function as part of the ERAD pathway, but in determining this we uncovered a strong spatial preference for where GLR-1 accretions form along the ventral cord of C. elegans in uev-1 mutants.
Furthermore, they show a lack of spatial preference, due to a decline in the ability to process or retain place (position of a goal with reference to a "map" provided by the configuration of numerous cues in the environment) information.
