Sex differences in spatial cognition in an invertebrate: The cuttlefish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1646, 2008, Pages 2049-2054

  Jozet Alves, Christelle ^a   Modéran, Julien ^a   Dickel, Ludovic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Invertebrates; Sexual maturation; Spatial strategies

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIAL COGNITION; TRAINING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CUTTLEFISH; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; ORIENTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; T MAZE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; SEPIA OFFICINALIS; SEPIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47249089914     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0501     Document Type: Article

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