How birds use their eyes: Opposite left-right specialization for the lateral and frontal visual hemifield in the domestic chick

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a,b   Cozzutti, Claudio ^c   Tommasi, Luca ^c   Rogers, Lesley J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b BRAIN Centre for Neuroscience   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0035177385     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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