Do asymmetrical differences in primate brains correspond to cerebral lateralization?

Douglas C Broadfield

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Abstract

An evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) may apply to characters expressed across species for predation and feeding, because these characters are conservative. However, the evolution of complex, polymorphic behaviors is more difficult to define as an ESS. Lateralization may be selective for certain simple traits, but lateralization of complex traits is likely the result of coadaptation of otherwise non-lateralized features.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)590-591
Number of pages2
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2005
Externally publishedYes

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Do asymmetrical differences in primate brains correspond to cerebral lateralization? / Broadfield, Douglas C.

In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 4, 08.2005, p. 590-591.

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Broadfield, DC 2005, 'Do asymmetrical differences in primate brains correspond to cerebral lateralization?', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 590-591. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05230108
Broadfield DC. Do asymmetrical differences in primate brains correspond to cerebral lateralization? Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2005 Aug;28(4):590-591. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05230108
Broadfield, Douglas C. / Do asymmetrical differences in primate brains correspond to cerebral lateralization?. In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2005 ; Vol. 28, No. 4. pp. 590-591.
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