Lateralized fish perform better than nonlateralized fish in spatial reorientation tasks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-127

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Fish; Lateralization; Spatial reorientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FISH; GEOMETRY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 22244474642     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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