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 …
The left and right sides of the brain are specialised to process information in different ways and to control different categories of behaviour. Research on a range of species has shown …
Globally, laying hen production systems are a focus of concern for animal welfare. Recently, the impacts of rearing environments have attracted attention, particularly with the trend …
The study and protection of animal welfare are based on the assumption that animals are sentient beings, capable of experiencing emotions. Still, our understanding of animal …
A core feature of social intelligence is the understanding of third-party relations, which has been experimentally demonstrated in primates. Whether other social animals also have this …
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It has recently been shown that some non-human animals can cross-modally recognize members of their own taxon. What is unclear is just how plastic this recognition system can …
Current research into the evolution and adaptive function of avian eggshell pigmentation, including maculation, has focused mostly on signalling‐based and structural function …
It is well known that humans describe and think of numbers as being represented in a spatial configuration, known as the 'mental number line'. The orientation of this representation …
We associate small numbers with the left and large numbers with the right side of space. Recent evidence from human newborns and non-human animals has challenged the …