Quails were tested for leftward and rightward turning preferences in a detour task. When facing a mirror located behind a barrier composed of vertical bars, quails showed a striking population-level preference for turning leftward. In order to check whether the asymmetry reflected a motor or a sensory (i.e. visual hemifield) bias, in a second experiment quails were reared in pairs and then tested in the detour task with a familiar (companion) or an unfamiliar (stranger) conspecific as a target. Quails turned leftward when viewing the stranger, but they turned rightward when viewing the companion. These findings are dis- cussed in relation to current evidence for brain lateralization in response to social stimuli in non-human animals.[...]

Animal lateralization and social recognition: Quails use their left visual hemifield when approaching a companion and their right visual hemifield when approaching a stranger

ZUCCA, PAOLO;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Quails were tested for leftward and rightward turning preferences in a detour task. When facing a mirror located behind a barrier composed of vertical bars, quails showed a striking population-level preference for turning leftward. In order to check whether the asymmetry reflected a motor or a sensory (i.e. visual hemifield) bias, in a second experiment quails were reared in pairs and then tested in the detour task with a familiar (companion) or an unfamiliar (stranger) conspecific as a target. Quails turned leftward when viewing the stranger, but they turned rightward when viewing the companion. These findings are dis- cussed in relation to current evidence for brain lateralization in response to social stimuli in non-human animals.[...]
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