Fish learning and memory

Bergendahl, I.A.; DePasquale, C.; Vea, Salvanes, A.G.

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00011-2

Abstract

Learning and memory processes give fishes the ability to adapt and shape their behavior, allowing them to out-smart predators and helping them to find and relocate profitable feeding sites. Although fishes were once portrayed as simple stimulus–response automata with limited memory capacity, we now recognize that many fishes have impressive cognitive abilities, with some fishes even rivaling other land-based vertebrates such as the birds and mammals.

Keywords

Environmental enrichment; Episodic memory; Fish behavior; Fish brain; Fish cognition; Memory; Neural development; Sensitive learning period; Social learning; Training

Published in

Title: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology
Publisher: Elsevier

SLU Authors

Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Ida
- Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Fish and Aquacultural Science

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90801-6.00011-2
ISBN: 978-0-323-99761-4

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142626