Influence of robotic shoal size, configuration, and activity on zebrafish behavior in a free-swimming environment

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 269-280

  Butail, Sachit ^a,b   Polverino, Giovanni ^b,c   Phamduy, Paul ^b   Del Sette, Fausto ^b   Porfiri, Maurizio ^b  

^a INDRAPRASTHA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal robot interaction; Behavior; Robot; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; PROBABILITY; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84907808370     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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