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cerebral lateralisation, “social constraints,” and coordinated anti-predator responses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

culum brown
Affiliation:
institute of evolutionary biology, school of biological sciences, university of edinburgh, eh9 1pe, united kingdom, and school of biological sciences, university of canterbury, new zealandculumbrown@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/culumbrown

Abstract

lateralisation is traditionally viewed by neuroscientists and comparative psychologists from the perspective of the individual; however, for many animals lateralisation evolved in the context of group living. here i discuss the implications of individual lateralisation within the context of the group from an evolutionary ecology perspective, with particular reference to coordinated anti-predator behaviour.

Type
open peer commentary
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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