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A review and consideration on the kinematics of reach-to-grasp movements in macaque monkeys by Castiello, Umberto, Dadda, Marco

“…The bases for understanding the neuronal mechanisms that underlie the control of reach-to-grasp movements among nonhuman primates, particularly macaques, has…”
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Guppies Show Behavioural but Not Cognitive Sex Differences in a Novel Object Recognition Test by Lucon-Xiccato, Tyrone, Dadda, Marco

“…The novel object recognition (NOR) test is a widely-used paradigm to study learning and memory in rodents. NOR performance is typically measured as the…”
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Personality and Cognition: Sociability Negatively Predicts Shoal Size Discrimination Performance in Guppies by Lucon-Xiccato, Tyrone, Dadda, Marco

“…Evidence from a growing number of organisms suggests that individuals show consistent performance differences in cognitive tasks. According to empirical and…”
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Individual differences in numerical skills are influenced by brain lateralization in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) by Gatto, Elia, Agrillo, Christian, Brown, Culum, Dadda, Marco

“…A large number of studies showed that fish possess numerical abilities similar to those reported in mammals and birds. However, inter-individual differences in…”
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Use of number by fish by Agrillo, Christian, Dadda, Marco, Serena, Giovanna, Bisazza, Angelo

“…Research on human infants, mammals, birds and fish has demonstrated that rudimentary numerical abilities pre-date the evolution of human language. Yet there is…”
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Handedness in Animals and Plants by Guerra, Silvia, Castiello, Umberto, Bonato, Bianca, Dadda, Marco

“…Structural and functional asymmetries are traceable in every form of life, and some lateralities are homologous. Functionally speaking, the division of labour…”
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Do fish count? Spontaneous discrimination of quantity in female mosquitofish by Agrillo, Christian, Dadda, Marco, Serena, Giovanna, Bisazza, Angelo

“…The spontaneous tendency to join the largest social group was used to investigate quantity discrimination in fish. Fish discriminated between shoals that…”
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Illu-Shoal Choice: An Exploration of Different Means for Enrichment of Captive Zebrafish by Mair, Alberto, Dadda, Marco, Kitaoka, Akiyoshi, Agrillo, Christian

“…Fish of any variety are nowadays being kept captive for several purposes, from recreational to alimentary to research. It is possible that we humans often…”
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Does brain asymmetry allow efficient performance of simultaneous tasks? by Dadda, Marco, Bisazza, Angelo

“…Rogers (2000, Brain and Language, 73, 236–253) suggested that the ubiquity of cerebral lateralization could be explained by the advantages it provides to…”
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Laterality enhances numerical skills in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata by Dadda, Marco, Agrillo, Christian, Bisazza, Angelo, Brown, Culum

“…It has been hypothesized that cerebral lateralization can significantly enhance cognition and that this was one of the primary selective forces shaping its…”
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The costs of hemispheric specialization in a fish by Dadda, Marco, Zandonà, Eugenia, Agrillo, Christian, Bisazza, Angelo

“…Laboratory and field studies have documented better cognitive performance associated with marked hemispheric specialization in organisms as diverse as…”
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Searching for the Critical p of Macphail's Null Hypothesis: The Contribution of Numerical Abilities of Fish by Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Pecunioso, Alessandra, Dadda, Marco, Agrillo, Christian

“…In 1985, Macphail argued that there are no differences among the intellects of non-human vertebrates and that humans display unique cognitive skills because of…”
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Exploring the Importance of Environmental Complexity for Newly Hatched Zebrafish by Santacà, Maria, Gatto, Elia, Dadda, Marco, Bruzzone, Matteo, Dal Maschio, Marco, Bisazza, Angelo

“…The effects of an early impoverished social or physical environment on vertebrate neural development and cognition has been known for decades. While existing…”
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Corrigendum: Searching for the Critical p of Macphail's Null Hypothesis: The Contribution of Numerical Abilities of Fish by Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Pecunioso, Alessandra, Dadda, Marco, Agrillo, Christian

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Prenatal Visual Exposure to a Predator Influences Lateralization in Goldbelly Topminnows by Dadda, Marco, Vendramin, Veronica, Agrillo, Christian

“…The role of genetic and environmental factors in modulating the development of brain lateralization is far from being fully understood, and the presence of…”
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Automated Operant Conditioning Devices for Fish. Do They Work? by Gatto, Elia, Santacà, Maria, Verza, Ilaria, Dadda, Marco, Bisazza, Angelo

“…The growing use of teleosts in comparative cognition and in neurobiological research has prompted many researchers to develop automated conditioning devices…”
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Experimental setting affects the performance of guppies in a numerical discrimination task by Gatto, Elia, Lucon-Xiccato, Tyrone, Savaşçı, Beste Başak, Dadda, Marco, Bisazza, Angelo

“…A recent study found that guppies ( Poecilia reticulata ) can be trained to discriminate 4 versus 5 objects, a numerical discrimination typically achieved only…”
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Early differences in epithalamic left–right asymmetry influence lateralization and personality of adult zebrafish by Dadda, Marco, Domenichini, Alice, Piffer, Laura, Argenton, Francesco, Bisazza, Angelo

“…The habenulae are part of an evolutionary conserved conduction system that connects the limbic forebrain areas with midbrain structures and is implicated in…”
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Forest before the trees in the aquatic world: global and local processing in teleost fishes by Santacà, Maria, Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Dadda, Marco, Agrillo, Christian

“…The study of illusory phenomena is important to understanding the similarities and differences between mammals and birds' perceptual systems. In recent years,…”
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Does Brain Lateralization Affect the Performance in Binary Choice Tasks? A Study in the Animal Model Danio rerio by Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Pecunioso, Alessandra, Dadda, Marco, Agrillo, Christian

“…Researchers in behavioral neuroscience commonly observe the behavior of animal subjects in the presence of two alternative stimuli. However, this type of…”
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