Small and large number discrimination in guppies

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-221

  Piffer, Laura ^a   Agrillo, Christian ^a   Hyde, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog magnitude; Numerical cognition; Object file

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; POECILIA;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84857374209     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0447-9     Document Type: Article

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