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Towards a standardization of non-symbolic numerical experiments: GeNEsIS, a flexible and user-friendly tool to generate controlled stimuli by Zanon, Mirko, Potrich, Davide, Bortot, Maria, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Several studies have suggested that vertebrate and invertebrate species may possess a number sense , i.e. an ability to process in a non-symbolic and…”
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Archerfish number discrimination by Potrich, Davide, Zanon, Mirko, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Debates have arisen as to whether non-human animals actually can learn abstract non-symbolic numerousness or whether they always rely on some continuous…”
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Response to change in the number of visual stimuli in zebrafish:A behavioural and molecular study by Messina, Andrea, Potrich, Davide, Schiona, Ilaria, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Fraser, Scott E., Brennan, Caroline H., Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Evidence has shown that a variety of vertebrates, including fish, can discriminate collections of visual items on the basis of their numerousness using an…”
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“Classifying-together” phenomenon in fish (Xenotoca eiseni): Simultaneous exposure to visual stimuli impairs subsequent discrimination learning by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide, Rosà, Tania, Mazza, Veronica

“…When animals are previously exposed to two different visual stimuli simultaneously, their learning performance at discriminating those stimuli delays: such a…”
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Visual discrimination and amodal completion in zebrafish by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Vicidomini, Sofia, Potrich, Davide, Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Baratti, Greta, Rosa-Salva, Orsola

“…While zebrafish represent an important model for the study of the visual system, visual perception in this species is still less investigated than in other…”
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The geometry as an eyed fish feels it in spontaneous and rewarded spatial reorientation tasks by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide, Bertolucci, Cristiano

“…Disoriented human beings and animals, the latter both sighted and blind, are able to use spatial geometric information (metric and sense properties) to guide…”
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A Detour Task in Four Species of Fishes by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide

“…Four species of fish ( , , , and ) were tested in a detour task requiring them to temporarily abandon the view of the goal-object (a group of conspecifics) to…”
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A Comparison of Detour Behaviors in Some Marine and Freshwater Fish Species by Potrich, Davide, Orsini, Chiara, Stancher, Gionata, Baratti, Greta, Sovrano, Valeria Anna

“…Evidence of detour ability to reach a salient goal in marine fishes ( , , ) and freshwater fishes ( , ) has been observed using a "four-compartment box task"…”
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Spatial Learning by Using Non-Visual Geometry and a Visual 3D Landmark in Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) by Baratti, Greta, Boffelli, Sara, Potrich, Davide, Sovrano, Valeria Anna

“…Fish conjoin environmental geometry with conspicuous landmarks to reorient towards foraging sites and social stimuli. Zebrafish ( ) can merge a rectangular…”
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The Sense of Number in Fish, with Particular Reference to Its Neurobiological Bases by Messina, Andrea, Potrich, Davide, Schiona, Ilaria, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…It is widely acknowledged that vertebrates can discriminate non-symbolic numerosity using an evolutionarily conserved system dubbed Approximate Number System…”
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The Geometric World of Fishes: A Synthesis on Spatial Reorientation in Teleosts by Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide, Lee, Sang Ah, Morandi-Raikova, Anastasia, Sovrano, Valeria Anna

“…Fishes navigate through underwater environments with remarkable spatial precision and memory. Freshwater and seawater species make use of several orientation…”
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Quantity as a Fish Views It: Behavior and Neurobiology by Messina, Andrea, Potrich, Davide, Perrino, Matilde, Sheardown, Eva, Miletto Petrazzini, Maria Elena, Luu, Peter, Nadtochiy, Anna, Truong, Thai V, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Fraser, Scott E, Brennan, Caroline H, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…An ability to estimate quantities, such as the number of conspecifics or the size of a predator, has been reported in vertebrates. Fish, in particular…”
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EXPLORING THE GENETICS OF NUMEROSITY, FROM FISH TO MAN by Brennan, Caroline, Sheardown, Eva, Pérez, Jose Vicente Torres, Petrazzini, Maria Elena Miletto, Messina, Andrea, Potrich, Davide, Anagianni, Sofia, Perrino, Matilde, Luu, Peter, Truong, Thai, Fraser, Scott, Vallortigara, Giorgio

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Quantity Discrimination by Zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Potrich, Davide, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Stancher, Gionata, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Discrimination of quantity (magnitude) was investigated in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Male zebrafish chose to approach the location previously occupied by the…”
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The Environmental Geometry in Spatial Learning by Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) by Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide, Sovrano, Valeria Anna

“…During navigation, disoriented animals learn to use the spatial geometry of rectangular environments to gain rewards. The length of macroscopic surfaces…”
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"Classifying-together" phenomenon in fish by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Baratti, Greta, Potrich, Davide, Rosà, Tania, Mazza, Veronica

“…When animals are previously exposed to two different visual stimuli simultaneously, their learning performance at discriminating those stimuli delays: such a…”
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Use of numerical and spatial information in ordinal counting by zebrafish by Potrich, Davide, Rugani, Rosa, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Regolin, Lucia, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…The use of non-symbolic numerical information is widespread throughout the animal kingdom, providing adaptive benefits in several ecological contexts. Here we…”
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Neurons in the Dorso-Central Division of Zebrafish Pallium Respond to Change in Visual Numerosity by Messina, Andrea, Potrich, Davide, Schiona, Ilaria, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Fraser, Scott E, Brennan, Caroline H, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Abstract We found a region of the zebrafish pallium that shows selective activation upon change in the numerosity of visual stimuli. Zebrafish were habituated…”
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Extra-Visual Systems in the Spatial Reorientation of Cavefish by Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Potrich, Davide, Foà, Augusto, Bertolucci, Cristiano

“…Disoriented humans and animals are able to reorient themselves using environmental geometry (“metric properties” and “sense”) and local features, also relating…”
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Discrimination of small quantities by fish (redtail splitfin, Xenotoca eiseni) by Stancher, Gionata, Sovrano, Valeria Anna, Potrich, Davide, Vallortigara, Giorgio

“…Discrimination of quantity has been argued to rely on two non-verbal representational systems: an object file system (OFS) for representing small values (≤3–4)…”
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