Avian cerebral asymmetries: The view from the inside

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-106

  Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPLIT BRAIN; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646125431     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70331-9     Document Type: Article

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