Rotational swimming preferences in mosquitofish: Evidence for brain lateralization?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1405-1407

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Fish; Lateralization; Mosquitofish; Rotational preferences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SWIMMING; TELEOST;

EID: 0030704334     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00230-8     Document Type: Article

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