Measuring motivation in a cichlid fish: An adaptation of the push-door paradigm

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-70

  Galhardo, Leonor ^a   Almeida, Olinda ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fish; Motivation; Push door; Tilapia; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; CICHLID; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 78951481347     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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