Chicks discriminate human gaze with their right hemisphere

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Rosa Salva, Orsola ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain lateralization; Domestic chick; Fear response; Gaze detection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846007291     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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