Evidence of population-level lateralized behaviour in giant water bugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae): T-maze turning is left biased

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Kight, Scott L ^a   Steelman, Laura ^a   Coffey, Gena ^a   Lucente, Julie ^a   Castillo, Marianne ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belostoma flumineum; Handedness; Lateralization; Maze; Water bug

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HANDEDNESS; INSECT; LEARNING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HETEROPTERA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEW JERSEY; ORIENTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; BELOSTOMA FLUMINEUM; BELOSTOMATIDAE; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 46149083447     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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