Comparative studies on brain asymmetry date back to the 19th century but then largely
disappeared due to the assumption that lateralization is uniquely human. Since the …

The study of animal emotion, as with its human equivalent, can be confusing due to the
complicated and inconsistent use of terminology, and the number of interlinked fields and …

Brain lateralization is common among vertebrates. However, despite its implications for
higher–order cognitive functions, almost no empirical evidence has been provided to show …

Several animals mitigate the fundamental conflict between sleep and wakefulness by
engaging in unihemispheric sleep, a unique state during which one cerebral hemisphere …

Elkhonon Goldberg's groundbreaking The Executive Brain was a classic of scientific writing,
revealing how the frontal lobes command the most human parts of the mind. Now he offers a …

Why do the left and right sides of the brain have different functions? Having a lateralized
brain, in which each hemisphere processes sensory inputs differently and carries out …

Sensory ecology investigates the information that underlies an animal's interactions with its
environment. A sensory ecology framework is used here to seek to assess why flying birds …

Birds are renowned for their exceptional vision and the way that this enables them to survive
and navigate the world in such a unique way. However, it is now recognised that avian …

In recent years, it has become apparent that behavioural and brain lateralization at the
population level is the rule rather than the exception among vertebrates. The study of these …

Directional hemispheric dominance has been established for numerous cognitive functions
in the human brain. Strong population biases with some functions favoring the left and …