Behavioral Lateralization in Vertebrates

Two Sides of the Same Coin

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Herausgegeben:Csermely, DavideRegolin, Lucia

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152 Seiten

Englisch

Springererschienen am17.07.2012

This book explores the emergence and adaptive function of lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate taxa, from its effects on fishes, to lizard behavior, to social learning in chicks, to manual lateralization (handedness) in humans and apes.mehr

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KlappentextThis book explores the emergence and adaptive function of lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate taxa, from its effects on fishes, to lizard behavior, to social learning in chicks, to manual lateralization (handedness) in humans and apes.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-642-30202-2

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartGebunden

Verlag

Springer

Erscheinungsjahr2012

Erscheinungsdatum17.07.2012

Seiten152 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

Gewicht386 g

IllustrationenVIII, 152 p.

Artikel-Nr.17835606

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GenreNaturwissenschaft/Umwelt/Technik

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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.mehr