Lateralization of detour behaviour in poeciliid fish: The effect of species, gender and sexual motivation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 157-164

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Detour behavior; Fish; Gambusia holbrooki; Girardinus falcatus; Laterality; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032033809     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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