Simple Summary We used to think of brains as symmetrical, functioning in the same way on
the left and right sides, but we now know that this is not so. From the small brains of insects …

Humans interact with fishes in many contexts including aquaculture, scientific study and
companion animals. In all of these contexts, fish welfare can be compromised through …

While our understanding of adult dog cognition has grown considerably over the past 20
years, relatively little is known about the ontogeny of dog cognition. To assess the …

Since foot preference of cockatoos and parrots to hold and manipulate food and other
objects has been associated with better ability to perform certain tasks, we predicted that …

Goffin's cockatoos, a parrot species endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia,
demonstrate remarkable cognitive skills across various technical tasks. These neophilic …

Akin to handedness in humans, some animals show a preference for moving to the left or
right. This is often attributed to lateralised cognitive functions and eye dominance, which, in …

Artificial intelligence systems have become proficient at linking environmental features to
targets to describe simple patterns in data. However, these systems can struggle with many …

Papers published in this Special Issue report various aspects of asymmetrical brain function
and its expression in the behaviour of vertebrate and invertebrate species. Since the …

Cognitive abilities have been found to vary widely among parrots, within and between
species, and seem to be related to motor lateralization. Indeed, as shown in Australian …

Laterality, the partitioning of information processing into specific brain hemispheres, is
widespread across animal taxa. Substantial unexplained variation in this trait exists …