Early temperamental traits in an octopus (Octopus bimaculoides)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-364

  Sinn, David L ^c   Perrin, Nancy A ^d   Mather, Jennifer A ^a   Anderson, Roland C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Seattle Aquarium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OCTOPUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCTOPODIFORMES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0035748755     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.115.4.351     Document Type: Article

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