The homing pigeon hippocampus and space: In search of adaptive specialization

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-127

  Bingman, Verner P ^a   Hough II, Gerald E ^a   Kahn, Meghan C ^a   Siegel, Jennifer J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Comparative cognition; Forebrain evolution; Hippocampal lateralization; Landmark navigation; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141745557     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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