Separate geometric and non-geometric modules for spatial reorientation: Evidence from a lopsided animal brain

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 390-400

  Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a   Pagni, Piero ^a   Sovrano, Valeria Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION;

EID: 1642353031     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904322926737     Document Type: Article

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