A left-sided visuospatial bias in birds

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Diekamp, Bettina ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^b   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; BIRD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BIRDS; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

AVES;

EID: 20144376108     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.05.017     Document Type: Letter

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