Environmental change enhances cognitive abilities in fish

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a   Taborsky, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CICHLID; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PISCES; SIMOCHROMIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 77951757377     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000351     Document Type: Article

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