Different aggressive behaviours are exaggerated by facing vs. Broadside subliminal stimuli shown to socially isolated Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Halperin, J R P ^a   Giri, T ^a   Dunham, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Betta splendens; Motivation; Priming; Social isolation; Subliminal stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

BETTA SPLENDENS;

AGGRESSION; SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030609695     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00750-4     Document Type: Article

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