Lateralized reward-related visual discrimination in the avian entopallium

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1337-1343

  Verhaal, Josine ^a   Kirsch, Janina A ^b   Vlachos, Ioannis ^b   Manns, Martina ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Conditioning; Forebrain; Hemisphere; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FOREBRAIN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSENCEPHALON; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859978228     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08049.x     Document Type: Article

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