Memory for Individuals: Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) Require Contact to Develop Multicomponent Representations (Concepts) of Others

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-131

  Johnston, Robert E ^a   Peng, Andy ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

animal cognition; hamster; individual recognition; memory; odors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HAMSTER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ODOR; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MESOCRICETUS; PEER GROUP; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44449114290     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.2.121     Document Type: Article

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