Temporal pattern of social aggregation in tadpoles and its influence on the measurement of lateralised response to social stimuli

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-341

  Dadda, Marco ^a   Sovrano, Valeria Anna ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anura; Brain asymmetry; Lateralisation; Left hemifield preference; Right hemisphere; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TADPOLE;

EID: 0037310420     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)01001-6     Document Type: Article

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