What causes lateralization of detour behavior in fish? Evidence for asymmetries in eye use

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-234

  Facchin, Lucilla ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric eye use; Brain asymmetry; Evolution of cerebral asymmetry; Fish; Genetics of lateralization; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033199002     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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