Experimental Evidence for Spatial Learning in Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-155

  Karson, Miranda A ^a,b,c   Boal, Jean Geary ^a,b   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOLLUSC;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLLUSCA; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242473926     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.2.149     Document Type: Article

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