Cephalopod consciousness: Behavioural evidence

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-48

  Mather, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cephalopod molluscs; Consciousness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEPHALOPOD; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING; LEARNING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; SENSITIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEPHALOPODA; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO; LEARNING; MEMORY; OCTOPODIFORMES;

EID: 40749092148     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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