Brain and behavioral lateralization in invertebrates

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Frasnelli, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bee; Brain and behavioral lateralization; Directional asymmetry; Evolutionary stable strategy; Individual efficiency; Invertebrates; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891706954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00939     Document Type: Review

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