Are you my mummy? Long-term olfactory memory of mother’s body odour by offspring in the domestic cat

Abstract Longevity of odour memories, particularly those acquired during early development, has been documented in a wide range of taxa. Here, we report that kittens of the domestic cat retained a memory into adult life of their mother´s body odour experienced before weaning. Kittens from 15 litters...
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Szenczi, Péter [verfasserIn]

Urrutia, Andrea

Hudson, Robyn

Bánszegi, Oxána

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

Long-term olfactory memory

Olfactory recognition

Individual recognition

Odour discrimination

Familiarity

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Animal Cognition - Springer-Verlag, 1998, 25(2021), 1 vom: 26. Juli, Seite 21-26

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:25 ; year:2021 ; number:1 ; day:26 ; month:07 ; pages:21-26

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s10071-021-01537-w

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SPR046423222

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