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Title: | Advantages of having a lateralized brain | Contributor(s): | Rogers, Lesley (author); Zucca, P (author); Vallortigara, G (author) | Publication Date: | 2004 | DOI: | 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0200 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/539 | Abstract: | Brain lateralization is common among vertebrates. However, despite its implications for higher-order cognitive functions, almost no empirical evidence has been provided to show that it may confer any advantage to the functioning of the brain. Here, we show in the domestic chick ('Gallus gallus domesticus') that cerebral lateralization is associated with an enhanced ability to perform two tasks simultaneously: finding food and being vigilant for predators. This finding suggests that cerebral lateralization enhances brain efficiency in cognitive tasks that demand the simultaneous but different use of both hemispheres. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271(Biology Letters Supplement 6), p. S420-S422 | Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1471-2954 0962-8452 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060805 Animal Neurobiology | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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