Cerebral lateralization determines hand preferences in Australian parrots

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-498

  Brown, Culum ^a   Magat, Maria ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Eye preference; Handedness; Laterality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BRAIN; COGNITION; EYE; FOOD; HANDEDNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIMB; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EYE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PARROT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EYE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; PARROTS;

GEOPSITTACUS OCCIDENTALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051677994     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1121     Document Type: Article

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