The origins of cerebral asymmetry: A review of evidence of behavioural and brain lateralization in fishes, reptiles and amphibians

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-426

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   J Rogers, L ^b   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral Asymmetry; Comparative neuroscience; Eye preference; Fish species Amphibians species; Footedness; Lateralization; Limb preference; Neural asymmetries; Reptiles species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031946962     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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