| Title |
Visual Laterality of Calf–Mother Interactions in Wild Whales
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0013787 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karina Karenina, Andrey Giljov, Vladimir Baranov, Ludmila Osipova, Vera Krasnova, Yegor Malashichev |
| Abstract |
Behavioral laterality is known for a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Laterality in social interactions has been described for a wide range of species including humans. Although evidence and theoretical predictions indicate that in social species the degree of population level laterality is greater than in solitary ones, the origin of these unilateral biases is not fully understood. It is especially poorly studied in the wild animals. Little is known about the role, which laterality in social interactions plays in natural populations. A number of brain characteristics make cetaceans most suitable for investigation of lateralization in social contacts. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 157 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 149 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 21% |
| Researcher | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 13% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 19 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 84 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 8% |
| Psychology | 7 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
| Unknown | 28 | 18% |