Generalization and categorization of spectral colors in goldfish I. Experiments with one training wavelength

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

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1025-1036

  Kitschmann, Manuela ^a   Neumeyer, Christa ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Categories; Color vision; Generalization; Goldfish (Carassius auratus); Wavelength discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GOLDFISH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GOLDFISH;

EID: 27744597623     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0011-7     Document Type: Article

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