Cognitive Visual Memory in Cats

The role of cognitive memory in 'becoming' of the complexly organised systems is briefly considered from the viewpoint of the general systems theory; the role of Georgian neurophysiologists in emphasising cognitive aspects of memory role in animal behaviour is underlined. The existence of the 'one-trial' non-spatial visual recognition memory in cats, as representatives of carnivores with poorly developed vision, is established; it is shown that analogously to primates and rodents in cats the so called rhinal cortex plays a major role in mediating this type of visual cognitive memory. It is shown that in cats, similarly to primates and rodents, parahippocampal cortex (with possible inclusion in this system of the subicular complex) is responsible for visuospatial memory. This book examines the aspects of cognitive visual memory in cats.

ISBN 1616682930   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781616682934 (What's this?)   Pages 60 Publisher Nova Science Publishers Inc   Published in New York Imprint Nova Science Publishers Inc   Height (mm) 230 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 150 Publication date 20 Aug 2010   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY 636.808928233132

		Preface
		Abstract
Chapter 1		Introduction		1
Chapter 2		Nonspatial Visual Recognition Memory in Cats		5
Chapter 3		Spatial Visual Recognition Memory		27
Chapter 4		Two Subsystems of Spatial Visual Memory (Delayed Response Problem)		37
Chapter 5		Conclusion: Memory Revisited - From Retrospective to Perspective		49
		References		51
		Index		57

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