A framework for investigating animal consciousness

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-98

  Droege, Paula ^a   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Behavior; Consciousness; Fish; Flexibility; Goal directed; Pain; Telencephalon; Temporal representation; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANIMAL; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; FISHES;

EID: 84923372055     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_278     Document Type: Article

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