Detour tests reveal task- and stimulus-specific behavioural lateralization in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Bisazza, A ^a   Pignatti, R ^a   Vallortigara, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Detour behaviour; Fish; Gambusia holbrooki; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031422027     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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