Numerical acuity of fish is improved in the presence of moving targets, but only in the subitizing range

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-316

  Agrillo, Christian ^a   Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena ^a   Bisazza, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANS; Continuous variables; Guppies; Numerical cognition; OTS; Subitizing

Indexed keywords

POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POECILIA; VISION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION; POECILIA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893775124     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0663-6     Document Type: Article

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