Quantity discrimination in newly hatched zebrafish suggests hardwired numerical abilities

Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato; Elia Gatto; Camilla Maria Fontana; Angelo Bisazza

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04595-7

Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Quantity discrimination in newly hatched zebrafish suggests hardwired numerical abilities

Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato,
Elia Gatto,
Camilla Maria Fontana,
Angelo Bisazza

Affiliations

Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara
Elia Gatto: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara
Camilla Maria Fontana: Department of Biology, University of Padova
Angelo Bisazza: Department of General Psychology, University of Padova

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04595-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Newly-hatched zebrafish larvae show true capacity to process numerical information, suggesting that all vertebrates might have hardwired numerical abilities.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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