Logic in an asymmetrical (social) brain: Transitive inference in the young domestic chick

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-319

  Daisley, Jonathan Niall ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b   Regolin, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain hemisphere; Chick; Gallus gallus domesticus; Lateralization; Transitive inference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; LIGHT; LOGIC; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LIGHT; LOGIC; MALE; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953489798     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903529795     Document Type: Article

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