The influence of early experience on, and inheritance of, cerebral lateralization

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Brown, Culum ^a,b   Western, Jac ^a   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyraphis episcopi; cerebral lateralization; experience; heritability; ontogeny; poeciliid

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CYPRINID; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; ONTOGENY; PREDATION; REARING;

BRACHYRHAPHIS EPISCOPI; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 34547828269     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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