Behavioral Lateralization in Vertebrates: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Davide Csermely

Book Overview

Introduction.- The Effect of Sex and Early Environment on the Lateralization of the Rainbowfish Melanotaenia duboulayi.- Lateralization in Lizards: Evidence of Presence in Several Contexts.- Advantages of a Lateralized Brain for Reasoning about the Social World in Chicks.- Avian Visual Pseudoneglect: The Effect of Age and Sex on Visuospatial Side Biases.- Lateralized Social Learning in Chicks.- Organizational and Activational Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Testosterone on Lateralization in the Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).- Navigating Through an Asymmetrical Brain: Lateralization and Homing in Pigeon.- The Right Hand Man: Manual Laterality and Language.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642444806
• ISBN13: 9783642444807
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"