Cerebral lateralization and its relationship to phylogeny and aggression in anabantoid fishes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   Kuperberg, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anabantoid; Belontiidae; Betta; Cerebral lateralization; Eye preference; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS; MACROPODUS OPERCULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSPHROMENUS DAYI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; TRICHOGASTER TRICHOPTERUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BELONTIIDAE; BETTA; MACROPODUS OPERCULARIS; PISCES; PSEUDOSPHROMENUS DAYI; TELEOSTEI; TRICHOGASTER TRICHOPTERUS;

EID: 33847702895     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096985     Document Type: Article

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