Lateralization of social cognition in the domestic chicken [Gallus gallus)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1519, 2009, Pages 965-981

  Daisley, Jonathan Niall ^a   Mascalzoni, Elena ^a   Rosa Salva, Orsola ^a   Rugani, Rosa ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain hemisphere; Chick; Gallus gallus; Lateralization; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BRAIN; COGNITION; LIGHT EFFECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COGNITION; CUES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSENCEPHALON; REWARD; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649150711     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0229     Document Type: Review

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