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Making a stronger case for comparative research to investigate the behavioral and neurological bases of three-dimensional navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Daniele Nardi  and
Verner P. Bingman
Daniele Nardi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy. d.nardi@uniroma1.it
Verner P. Bingman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind, and Behavior, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. vbingma@bgsu.edu
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Abstract

The rich diversity of avian natural history provides exciting possibilities for comparative research aimed at understanding three-dimensional navigation. We propose some hypotheses relating differences in natural history to potential behavioral and neurological adaptations possessed by contrasting bird species. This comparative approach may offer unique insights into some of the important questions raised by Jeffery et al.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 557 - 558
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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