Ontogeny of numerical abilities in fish

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Piffer, Laura ^a   Serena, Giovanna ^a   Agrillo, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FISH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

PRIMATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; POECILIA; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649673545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015516     Document Type: Article

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