Lexicon size and its relation to foot preference in the African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 919-926

  Snyder, Peter J ^a   Julius Harris, Lauren ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Handedness; Hyperstriatum; Lateralization; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FOOT; HANDEDNESS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; SPEECH;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PARROTS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0342894723     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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