Ageing does not significantly affect performance in a spatial learning task in the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 345-356

  McCune, Sandra ^a   Stevenson, Joy ^a   Fretwell, Laura ^a   Thompson, Amy ^a   Mills, Daniel Simon ^b  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cat; Cognition; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; LEARNING; MEMORY; TESTING METHOD;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 45049087197     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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