Three-dimensional spatial cognition: Information in the vertical dimension overrides information from the horizontal

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-619

  Holbrook, Robert I ^a   de Perera, Theresa Burt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Navigation; Orientation; Spatial cognition; Three dimensions; Volumes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FISH; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FISHES; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS;

EID: 79959230317     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0393-6     Document Type: Article

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