Activity counts: The effect of swimming activity on quantity discrimination in fish

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Gómez Laplaza, Luis M ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angelfish; Continuous variables; Numerical cognition; Quantity discrimination; Shoal choice; Swimming activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870861813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00484     Document Type: Article

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