Lateralized interhemispheric transfer of color cues: Evidence for dynamic coding principles of visual lateralization in pigeons

Brain and Language

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 254-273

  Skiba, Martina ^a   Diekamp, Bettina ^a   Prior, Helmut ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Cerebral asymmetry; Interocular transfer; N. rotundus; Tectofugal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEON; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034659949     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.2000.2306     Document Type: Article

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