Lateralization of orientation in sexually active zebra finches: Eye use asymmetry or locomotor bias?

Cate, Carel ten; Baauw, Arjan; Ballintijn, Mechteld R.; Majoor, Bram; Horst, I van der

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80968-6

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“…Interestingly, Workman and Andrew [41] reported that, during courtship, males of this species prefer to approach females so that they view them with their right eye. Although this result was contested by Ten Cate et al [42], other evidence supported preferential right-eye use during courtship [43,44]. The preference shown by zebra finches to use the right eye when courting a female would, at first sight, appear to contradict specialization of the left-eye-system for control of copulation, as found in the chick.…”

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confidence: 85%

Does Functional Lateralization in Birds Have any Implications for Their Welfare?

Rogers

Kaplan

2019

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We know a good deal about brain lateralization in birds and a good deal about animal welfare, but relatively little about whether there is a noteworthy relationship between avian welfare and brain lateralization. In birds, the left hemisphere is specialised to categorise stimuli and to discriminate preferred categories from distracting stimuli (e.g., food from an array of inedible objects), whereas the right hemisphere responds to small differences between stimuli, controls social behaviour, detects predators and controls attack, fear and escape responses. In this paper, we concentrate on visual lateralization and the effect of light exposure of the avian embryo on the development of lateralization, and we consider its role in the welfare of birds after hatching. Findings suggest that light-exposure during incubation has a general positive effect on post-hatching behaviour, likely because it facilitates control of behaviour by the left hemisphere, which can suppress fear and other distress behaviour controlled by the right hemisphere. In this context, particular attention needs to be paid to the influence of corticosterone, a stress hormone, on lateralization. Welfare of animals in captivity, as is well known, has two cornerstones: enrichment and reduction of stress. What is less well-known is the link between the influence of experience on brain lateralization and its consequent positive or negative outcomes on behaviour. We conclude that the welfare of birds may be diminished by failure to expose the developing embryos to light but we also recognise that more research on the association between lateralization and welfare is needed.

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Section: Studies Of Lateralization Conducted In Laboratory Settingsmentioning

confidence: 85%

Does Functional Lateralization in Birds Have any Implications for Their Welfare?

Rogers

Kaplan

2019

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“…Why in the previous literature, sexual imprinting, which is learning in a social context, increases the activation of the left hippocampus, has to be determined. It might be associated with the left hemispheric dominance found in zebra finches for courtship behaviours [97][98][99][100], as testified both by behavioural and IEG-expression studies [101,102]. This has been explained based on the ability of the left hemisphere to sustain attention towards a preferred and familiar stimulus, towards which a motor response is planned [83,101,[103][104].…”

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Social odour activates the hippocampal formation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Golüke

Bischof

Engelmann

et al. 2019

Behavioural Brain Research

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“…(iii) Asymmetric light input in birds Many bird species (galliformes, pigeons, parrots, raptors and songbirds) show behavioural lateralization in visually guided behaviours (e.g. Andrew & Brennan 1983;ten Cate et al 1990;ten Cate 1991;Rogers 1996;Alonso 1998;Manns & Gunturkun 1999;Bobbo et al 2002;Templeton & Gonzalez 2004), motor patterns (Rogers & Workman 1993;Goller & Suthers 1995;Csermely 2004) and cognitive functions (Nottebohm 1970(Nottebohm , 1971Clayton & Krebs 1994Floody & Arnold 1997;Gagliardo et al 2001;Nottelmann et al 2002). Lateralization of visually guided behaviours is influenced by asymmetrical light exposure in the period shortly before hatching.…”

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Epigenesis of behavioural lateralization in humans and other animals

Schaafsma

Riedstra

Pfannkuche

et al. 2008

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

110

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Despite several decades of research, the epigenesis of behavioural and brain lateralization is still elusive, although its knowledge is important in understanding developmental plasticity, function and evolution of lateralization, and its relationship with developmental disorders. Over the last decades, it has become clear that behavioural lateralization is not restricted to humans, but a fundamental principle in the organization of behaviour in vertebrates. This has opened the possibility of extending descriptive studies on human lateralization with descriptive and experimental studies on other vertebrate species. In this review, we therefore explore the evidence for the role of genes and environment on behavioural lateralization in humans and other animals. First, we discuss the predominant genetic models for human handedness, and conclude that their explanatory power alone is not sufficient, leaving, together with ambiguous results from adoption studies and selection experiments in animals, ample opportunity for a role of environmental factors. Next, we discuss the potential influence of such factors, including perinatal asymmetrical perception induced by asymmetrical head position or parental care, and social modulation, both in humans and other vertebrates, presenting some evidence from our own work on the domestic chick. We conclude that both perinatal asymmetrical perception and later social modulation are likely candidates in influencing the degree or strength of lateralization in both humans and other vertebrates. However, in most cases unequivocal evidence for this is lacking and we will point out further avenues for research.

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Lateralization of orientation in sexually active zebra finches: Eye use asymmetry or locomotor bias?

Cited by 13 publications

References 3 publications

Does Functional Lateralization in Birds Have any Implications for Their Welfare?

Does Functional Lateralization in Birds Have any Implications for Their Welfare?

Social odour activates the hippocampal formation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Epigenesis of behavioural lateralization in humans and other animals

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