Duration of cats' (Felis catus) working memory for disappearing objects

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-70

  Fiset, Sylvain ^a   Doré, François Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic cats; Object permanence; Retention interval; Visual cues; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; CATS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 28144439286     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-005-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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