Visual lateralization and homing in pigeons

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Prior, Helmut ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^b   Stapput, Katrin ^b   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Flight control; Homing pigeons; Lateralization; Magnetic compass; Monocular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4143076824     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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