Intraspecific competition and coordination in the evolution of lateralization

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1519, 2009, Pages 861-866

  Ghirlanda, Stefano ^a,b   Frasnelli, Elisa ^c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain evolution; Brain lateralization; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Laterality; Lateralization of behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEUROLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 65649083741     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0227     Document Type: Article

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