Encoding of geometric and featural spatial information by goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 206-216

  Vargas, Juan Pedro ^a,c   López, Juan Carlos ^a   Salas, Cosme ^a   Thinus Blanc, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; GOLDFISH; LEARNING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; GOLDFISH; LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3042525925     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.206     Document Type: Article

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