Design complexity and strength of laterality are correlated in New Caledonian crows' pandanus tool manufacture

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1590, 2006, Pages 1127-1133

  Hunt, Gavin R ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^a   Gray, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Laterality; New Caledonian crow; Pandanus tool manufacture; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MONOCOTYLEDON; PASSERINE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROW; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATERIALS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CORVIDAE; PANDANUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROWS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEW CALEDONIA; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 33746750180     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3429     Document Type: Article

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