The case of the line-bisection: When both humans and chickens wander left

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-103

  Regolin, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHICKEN; COGNITION; DISEASE MODEL; EVOLUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHICKENS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646153303     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70330-7     Document Type: Article

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