A function for the bicameral mind

G Vallortigara, LJ Rogers - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Paw preferences in mice and rats: Meta-analysis

M Manns, Y El Basbasse, N Freund… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Mice and rats are among the most common animal model species in both basic and clinical
neuroscience. Despite their ubiquity as model species, many clinically relevant brain …

Mushroom bodies are required for learned visual navigation, but not for innate visual behavior, in ants

C Buehlmann, B Wozniak, R Goulard, B Webb… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Visual navigation in ants has long been a focus of experimental study [1–3], but only recently
have explicit hypotheses about the underlying neural circuitry been proposed [4]. Indirect …

Symmetry and asymmetry in biological structures

S Ocklenburg, A Mundorf - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The recent paper in PNAS by Johnston et al.(1),“Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously
emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution,” is focused on how symmetry and …

Individual-level and population-level lateralization: two sides of the same coin

E Frasnelli, G Vallortigara - Symmetry, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lateralization, ie, the different functional roles played by the left and right sides of the brain,
is expressed in two main ways:(1) in single individuals, regardless of a common direction …

Motor-sensory biases are associated with cognitive and social abilities in humans

G Donati, T Edginton, A Bardo, TL Kivell, H Ballieux… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Across vertebrates, adaptive behaviors, like feeding and avoiding predators, are linked to
lateralized brain function. The presence of the behavioral manifestations of these biases are …

Impact of aging and cognitive mechanisms on high-speed motor activation patterns: evidence from an orthoptera-robot interaction

D Romano, J Bloemberg, M Tannous… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motor performance deficits are major issues impacting functional activities in older adults.
Herein, we used locusts, emergent model organisms for neurodegeneration and motor …

Why are most humans right-handed? The modified fighting hypothesis

M Larsson, A Schepman, P Rodway - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Humans show a population-level preference for using the right hand. The fighting
hypothesis is an influential theory that suggests that left-handedness persists because its …

Is there an association between paw preference and emotionality in pet dogs?

T Simon, E Frasnelli, K Guo, A Barber, A Wilkinson… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Similar to human handedness, many animals preferentially use one limb
over the other to perform certain tasks. It has been argued this handedness/limb preference …

Age, but not hand preference, is related to personality traits in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

M Masilkova, V Šlipogor… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The proximate mechanisms underlying animal personalities, ie consistent inter-individual
differences in behaviour, are a matter of discussion. Brain lateralization, expressed as the …