Tactile learning by a whip spider, Phrynus marginemaculatus C.L. Koch (Arachnida, Amblypygi)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-399

  Santer, Roger D ^a,b   Hebets, Eileen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Giant neuron; Mechanoreception; Orientation; Texture discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; SENSATION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 64149119174     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0417-8     Document Type: Article

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