Of birds and men: Convergent evolution in hippocampal lateralization and spatial cognition

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-100

  Bingman, Verner P ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; SPLIT BRAIN; VISUAL INFORMATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646140575     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70329-0     Document Type: Article

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