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Behavioural repertory of cats without cerebral cortex from infancy

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Summary, in English

Bilateral removal of the cerebral cortex was made in cats neonatally. Spontaneous and imposed behaviour was studied while they were growing up and after they had become adult. Special emphasis was put on the utilization of visual cues and on learning. The cats ate, drank and groomed themselves adequately. Adequate maternal and female sexual behaviour was observed. They utilized the visual and haptic senses with respect to external space. Two cats were trained to perform visual discrimination if a T-maze. The adequacy of the behaviour of these cats is compared to that of animals with similar lesions made at maturity.

Publishing year

1976

Language

English

Pages

115-130

Publication/Series

Experimental Brain Research

Volume

25

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Neurosciences

Keywords

  • Sexual behaviour
  • Cat
  • Vision
  • Learning
  • Decortication

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0014-4819