Discrimination reversal learning reveals greater female behavioural flexibility in guppies
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Discrimination reversal learning reveals greater female behavioural flexibility in guppies
Behavioural flexibility allows an animal to adapt its behaviour in response to changes in the environment. Research conducted in primates, rodents and domestic fowl suggests greater behavioural persistence and reduced behavioural flexibility in males. We investigated sex differences in behavioural flexibility in fish by comparing male and female guppies (Poecilia reticulata) in a reversal learn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology Letters
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1744-9561,1744-957X
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0206