The Development of Caching and Object Permanence in Western Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica): Which Emerges First?

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Salwiczek, Lucie H ^a   Emery, Nathan J ^a,b   Schlinger, Barney ^c   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Biological and Chemical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

caching development; cognition; object permanence; sensorimotor intelligence; Western scrub jay

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATION; CROW; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROWS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69249170226     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016303     Document Type: Article

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