Dolphins maintain cognitive performance during 72 to 120 hours of continuous auditory vigilance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1519-1527

  Ridgway, Sam ^a,b   Keogh, Mandy ^c   Carder, Don ^a   Finneran, James ^a   Kamolnick, Tricia ^d   Todd, Mark ^d   Goldblatt, Allen ^e  

^a Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain; Callosum transfer time.; Choice response time; Diurnal rhythm; Dolphin; Hemisphere autonomy; Tursiops; Uni hemispheric sleep; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 66149125254     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027896     Document Type: Article

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