Preface for the special issue on Lateralized Behaviour in Domesticated and Captive Animals

Abstract

<p>Following the discovery of lateralization in non-human animals, and despite the initial scepticism that this met, interest in laterality of animals has grown not just steadily but exponentially. Empirical studies have reported asymmetry of sensory processing and motor behaviour in species ranging from fish, to amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals (Rogers et al., 2013; Güntürkün et al., 2020; Rogers and Vallortigara, 2021). The list of species shown to have laterality of brain and/or behaviour continues to grow, and it even includes invertebrate species (Frasnelli et al., 2012).</p>