Separate processing mechanisms for encoding of geometric and landmark information in the avian hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1695-1702

  Tommasi, Luca ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^b   Andrew, Richard J ^c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chick; Gallus gallus; Hippocampus; Lateralization; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHICKEN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHICKENS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038526279     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02593.x     Document Type: Article

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