Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210164

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0210164

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Are there advantages in having a lateralized brain? Specialisation of the left and right hemispheres of the brain to process different information and to control different responses is not, as once thought, unique to humans but common to all vertebrates. In fact, the same general pattern of lateralization occurs in amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Until now, it has been important to document the presence and nature of lateralization in different species. Now it is important to discover the advantages (and disadvantages) of having a lateralized brain. This project will do so using two model species, the chick and the marmoset, and new techniques to measure behaviour.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2003

End Date: 12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $165,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Central Nervous System | Zoology Not Elsewhere Classified | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nervous system and disorders | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences |

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