# rmx-s-brain-psych: emotional fever in Zebrafish

<< It has been suggested that the capacity for emotional fever evolved only in amniotes (mammals, birds and reptiles), in association with the evolution of consciousness in these groups. >>

In this study also << zebrafish clearly have the capacity to show emotional fever. While the link between emotion and consciousness is still debated, this finding removes a key argument for lack of consciousness in fishes. >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/do-fish-have-emotions-and-consciousness

Sonia Rey, Felicity A. Huntingford, et al. Fish can show emotional fever: stress-induced hyperthermia in zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015; 282 (1819): 20152266 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2266

http://m.rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org//content/282/1819/20152266