Multiple landmarks, the encoding of environmental geometry and the spatial logics of a dual brain

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-293

  Della Chiesa, A ^a,b   Pecchia, T ^a   Tommasi, L ^c   Vallortigara, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Chick; Geometry; Hemisphere; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; LOGIC; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHICKENS; CUES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LOGIC; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36048967563     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0050-7     Document Type: Article

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