How birds use their eyes: Opposite left-right specialization for the lateral and frontal visual hemifield in the domestic chick

Recent evidence has demonstrated that, in animals with laterally placed eyes, functional cerebral asymmetry is revealed by preferential use of either the left or right eye in a range of behaviors (birds: [[1, 2, 3]]; fish: [[4, 5]]; reptiles: [[6, 7]]). These findings pose a theoretical problem. It seems that there would be disadvantages in […]