When do octopuses play? Effects of repeated testing, object type, age, and food deprivation on object play in Octopus vulgaris

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 184-190

  Kuba, Michael J ^a,c   Byrne, Ruth A ^a   Meisel, Daniela V ^a   Mather, Jennifer A ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Invertebrates; Octopus; Play behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; OCTOPUS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECREATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OCTOPODIFORMES; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33747346351     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.3.184     Document Type: Article

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