Brain Lateralisation
Lateralization of the brain is widespread in vertebrates. Many species share a general pattern of using the right hemisphere to attend to novelty and execute rapid responses, whereas the left hemisphere is used to categorize stimuli and control responses requir- ing consideration of alternatives.
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Laterality preferences at rest and predatory behaviour of the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Baciadonna L, Zucca P and Samour J (2021) Laterality, https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2021.1958831, (1-15)
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Space availability influence laterality in donkeys
Zucca P., Cerri F., Carluccio A., Baciadonna L. (2011) Behav Proc, Volume 88, Issue 1, September 2011, Pages 63-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.012
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Illness as a source of variation in laterality in lions
Zucca P., Baciadonna L., Masci S., Mariscoli M. (2010) Laterality, 2011 May;16(3):356-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.012
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Handedness in the echolocating Schreiber's long fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
Zucca P., Palladini A., Baciadonna L., Scaravelli D. (2010) Behavioural Processes, Volume 84, Issue 3, July, Pages 693-695. (image from a Romanian Stamp)
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Posture in ovo as a precursor of footedness in ostriches
Baciadonna L., Zucca P., Tommasi L. (2010) Behavioural Processes, 83, 130-133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2009.09.004
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Quails use their left visual hemifield when approaching a companion and their right visual hemifield when approaching a stranger
Zucca P, Sovrano VA (2008). Cortex, 44:13-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2006.01.002
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Advantages of having a lateralised brain.
Rogers J.L., ZUCCA P., Vallortigara G. (2004) The Royal Society, Biology letters. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B (Suppl.), 271:420-422 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0200