Behavioural lateralization in sheep (Ovis aries)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-80

  Versace, Elisabetta ^a   Morgante, Massimo ^b   Pulina, Giuseppe ^c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Hemisphere; Lamb; Laterality; Lateralization; Sheep; Strength of lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HERD; JAW MOVEMENT; LAMB; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHTING REFLEX; RUMINATION; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP;

EID: 34548665316     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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