Video playback demonstrates episodic personality in the gloomy octopus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1035-1041

  Prank, R ^a   Wilson, D R ^a,b   Harcourt, R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Octopus tetricus; Video playback; Visual signal

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; OCTOPUS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; OCTOPODIFORMES; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS TETRICUS; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 77951488900     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040675     Document Type: Article

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