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Elsevier, Behavioural Brain Research, 1-2(107), p. 177-181

DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(99)00142-4

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Visual lateralization of pattern discrimination in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal article published in 2000 by Lorenzo von Fersen, Ulrich Schall ORCID, Onur Güntürkün
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether bottlenose dolphins have cerebral asymmetries of visual processing. The monocular performance of the adult dolphin Goliath was tested using a large number of simultaneous multiple pattern discrimination tasks. The experiments revealed a clear right eye advantage in the acquisition and the retention of pattern discriminations as well as asymmetries in the interhemispheric transfer of visual information. As a result of a complete decussation at the optic nerve, this right eye superiority is probably related to a left hemisphere dominance in visual processing.