Lateralization of visual guided behaviour during feeding in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Alonso, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Lateralization; Taeniopygia guttata; Visual discrimination learning; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PASSERINE; VISUAL CUE;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0031725412     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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