Orientation and lateralized cue use in pigeons navigating a large indoor environment

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1795-1805

  Prior, Helmut ^a   Lingenauber, Frank ^a   Nitschke, Jörg ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Columba livia; Lateralized cue use; Orientation; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LATERALITY; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VISION;

EID: 0036022288     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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