Embryonic light stimulation induces different asymmetries in visuoperceptual and visuomotor pathways of pigeons

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 149-156

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

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Cerebral asymmetries; Light dark incubation; Tectofugal pathway; Tectum opticum; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EGG; EMBRYO; EYE; GRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEON; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; AXONS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LATERALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIGEONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY;

EID: 0037151268     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00463-6     Document Type: Article

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