• DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0015232
Corpus ID: 17539131

Large Number Discrimination by Mosquitofish

@article{Agrillo2010LargeND,
  title={Large Number Discrimination by Mosquitofish},
  author={C. Agrillo and L. Piffer and A. Bisazza},
  journal={PLoS ONE},
  year={2010},
  volume={5}
}

C. Agrillo, L. Piffer, A. Bisazza

Published 2010

Medicine, Biology

PLoS ONE

Background Recent studies have demonstrated that fish display rudimentary numerical abilities similar to those observed in mammals and birds. The mechanisms underlying the discrimination of small quantities (<4) were recently investigated while, to date, no study has examined the discrimination of large numerosities in fish. Methodology/Principal Findings Subjects were trained to discriminate between two sets of small geometric figures using social reinforcement. In the first experiment… CONTINUE READING

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