Spatial memory and orientation strategies in the elasmobranch Potamotrygon motoro

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 695-706

  Schluessel, Vera ^a,b   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Cognitive map; Egocentric; Spatial Orientation; Stingray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC FISH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SKATES (FISH); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 23944492626     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0625-9     Document Type: Article

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