Object play in adult domestic cats: The roles of habituation and disinhibition

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-271

  Hall, Sarah L ^a   Bradshaw, John W S ^a   Robinson, Ian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; Motivation; Play; Post inhibitory rebound; Predatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; PLAY;

FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 0036838068     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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