Dear All,
We are placed to announce our new publication:
Jaakkola, K., Loyer, C., Guarino, E., Donegan, K., & McMullen, C.
(2021). Do dolphins really have a rightward lateralization for action?
The importance of behavior-specific and orientation-neutral coding.
Behavioural Brain Research, 401, 113083.
Abstract:
Because each side of the vertebrate body is controlled by a different
side of the brain, studies of behavioral lateralization can provide
insight into functional cerebral asymmetries in humans and other
animals. The current study examined behavioral lateralization for a
variety of behaviors in a group of 26 dolphins, in order to assess the
claim that cetaceans show strong rightward action asymmetries indicative
of a left-hemisphere specialization for action. We distinguished between
side asymmetries and whole body turning actions, and devised a new
coding system to counter the problem that previous studies of rolling
behaviors (i.e., rotations around the long axis) have used contradictory
coding systems depending on species' typical orientation. Our results
did not support a generalized population-level rightward action
asymmetry across multiple behaviors. Instead, we suggest that many
dolphin behavioral asymmetries may be better explained as a result of
perceptual processing asymmetries common across many vertebrates.
You can access the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113083
Or email me directly for a copy: ke...@dolphins.org
Cheers,
-- Kelly
/Kelly Jaakkola, PhD
Director of Research, Dolphin Research Center
Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks
and Aquariums
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