Research Outputs Giorgio Vallortigara


  • L. Tommasi, C. Chiandetti, V.A. Sovrano, T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "From natural geometry to spatial cognition." in NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS, v. 36, n. 2 (2012), p. 799-824. - DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.12.007 - see details
  • S.A. Lee, G. Vallortigara, V. Ruga, V.A. Sovrano, "Independent effects of geometry and landmark in a spontaneous reorentation task: a study of two species of fish." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 2012, n. 15 (2012), p. 861-870. - DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0512-z - see details
  • O. Rosa Salva, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Inversion of contrast polarity abolishes spontaneous preferences for face-like stimuli in newborn chicks" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 228, n. 1 (2012), p. 133-143 - see details
  • E. Frasnelli, G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, "Left-right asymmetries of behaviour and nervous system in invertebrates" in NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS, v. 36, n. 4 (2012), p. 1273-1291. - DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.006 - see details
  • V.A. Sovrano, E. Rigosi, G. Vallortigara, "Spatial reorientation by geometry in bumblebees" in PLOS ONE, v. 7, n. 5 (2012), p. 1-7. - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037449 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "Spatial reorientation by geometry with freestanding objects and extended surfaces: A unifying view" in PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 279, n. 1736 (2012), p. 2228-2236 - see details
  • A. Haase, E. Rigosi, E. Frasnelli, F. Trona, F. Tessarolo, C. Vinegoni, G. Anfora, G. Vallortigara, R. Antolini, "A multimodal approach for tracing lateralisation along the olfactory pathway in the honeybee through electrophysiological recordings, morpho-functional imaging, and behavioural studies" in EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, v. 40, n. 11 (2011), p. 1247-1258. - URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/100412/?Content+Status=Accepted . - DOI: 10.1007/s00249-011-0748-6 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, C. Chiandetti, V.A. Sovrano, "Brain asymmetry (animal). " in WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. COGNITIVE SCIENCE, v. 2, n. 2 (2011), p. 146-157. - DOI: 10.1002/wcs.100 - see details
  • A. Haase, E. Rigosi, F. Trona, G. Anfora, G. Vallortigara, R. Antolini, C. Vinegoni, "In-vivo two-photon imaging of the honey bee antennal lobe" in BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS, v. 2011, 2, n. 1 (2011), p. 131-138. - URL: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/boe/home.cfm . - DOI: 10.1364/BOE.1.000131 - see details
  • G. Anfora, E. Rigosi, E. Frasnelli, V. Ruga, F. Trona, G. Vallortigara, "Lateralization in the invertebrate brain: left-right asymmetry of olfaction in bumble bee, Bombus terrestris." in PLOS ONE, v. 6, n. 4 (2011), p. e18903-[n.d.]. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018903 . - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018903 - see details
  • A. Gagliardo, C. Filannino, P. Ioalè, T. Pecchia, M. Wikelski, G. Vallortigara, "Olfactory lateralization in homing pigeons: a GPS study on birds released with unilateral olfactory inputs." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, v. 214, (2011), p. 593-598. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.049510 . - DOI: 10.1242/jeb.049510 - see details
  • E. Rigosi, E. Frasnelli, C. Vinegoni, R. Antolini, G. Anfora, G. Vallortigara, A. Haase, "Searching for anatomical correlates of olfactory lateralization in the honeybee antennal lobes: a morphological and behavioural study" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 221, n. 1 (2011), p. 290-294. - URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01664328 . - DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.015 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, A. Gagliardo, G. Vallortigara, "Stable panoramic views facilitate snap-shot like memories for spatial reorientation in homing pigeons." in PLOS ONE, v. 6, (2011), p. e22657. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022657 . - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022657 - see details
  • E. Mascalzoni, D. Osorio, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Symmetry perception by poultry chicks and its implications for 3-D object recognition" in PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 279, n. 1730 (2011), p. 841-846. - DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1486 - see details
  • G. S. Forrester, D.A. Leavens, C. Quaresimi, G. Vallortigara, "Target animacy influences gorilla handedness" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 14, n. 6 (2011), p. 903-907 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, C. Chiandetti, R. Rugani, V.A. Sovrano, L. Regolin, "Animal Cognition. " in WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. COGNITIVE SCIENCE, v. 1, (2010), p. 882-893 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, G. Vallortigara, "Animals’ representation of enclosed spaces: Evidence for use of a similar frame of reference following different disorientation procedures in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus)." in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, v. 124, (2010), p. 139-146 - see details
  • G. Anfora, E. Frasnelli, B. Maccagnani, L.J. Rogers, G. Vallortigara, "Behavioural and electrophysiological lateralization in a social (Apis mellifera) and in a non-social (Osmia cornuta) species of bee." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 206, (2010), p. 236-239 - see details
  • M. Siniscalchi, R. Sasso, A.M. Pepe, S. Dimatteo, G. Vallortigara, A. Quaranta, "Catecholamine plasma levels following immune-stimulation with rabies vaccine in dogs selected for their paw preferences." in NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, v. 476, n. 3 (2010), p. 142-145 - see details
  • M. Siniscalchi, R. Sasso, A.M. Pepe, G. Vallortigara, A. Quaranta, "Dogs turn left to emotional stimuli" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 208, (2010), p. 516-521 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, G. Vallortigara, "Experience and geometry: Controlled rearing studies with chicks" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 13, n. 3 (2010), p. 463-470 - see details
  • O.R. Salva, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Faces are special for chicks: Evidence for inborn domain-specific mechanisms underlying spontaneous preferences for face-like stimuli." in DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 13, n. 4 (2010), p. 565-577 - see details
  • R. Rugani, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Imprinted numbers: newborn chicks' sensitivity to number vs. continuous extent of objects they have been reared with." in DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 13, n. 5 (2010), p. 790-797 - see details
  • E. Mascalzoni, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Innate sensitivity for self-propelled causal agency in newly hatched chicks" in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. vol. 107, n. no. 9 (2010), p. 4483-4485. - DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908792107 - see details
  • R. Rugani, D.M. kelly, I. Szelest, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Is it only humans that count from left to right?" in BIOLOGY LETTERS, v. 6, n. 3 (2010), p. 290-292 - see details
  • J.N. Daisley, G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, "Logic in an asymmetrical (social) brain: transitive inference in the young domestic chick." in SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 5, n. 3 (2010), p. 309-319 - see details
  • E. Frasnelli, G. Anfora, F. Trona, F. Tessarolo, G. Vallortigara, "Morpho-functional asymmetry of the olfactory receptors of the honeybee (Apis mellifera)" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 209, (2010), p. 221-225 - see details
  • D.B.M. Haun, F. Jordan, G. Vallortigara, N. Clayton, "Origins of spatial, temporal and numerical cognition: insights from animal models. " in TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES, v. 14, n. 12 (2010), p. 477-481 - see details
  • J. Brown, G. Kaplan, L.J. Rogers, G. Vallortigara, "Perception of biological motion in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): by females only" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 13, n. 3 (2010), p. 555-564 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "Reorienting strategies in a rectangular array of landmarks by domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)." in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, v. 124, (2010), p. 147-158. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019145 . - DOI: 10.1037/a0019145 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "Re-orienting strategies in a rectangular array of landmarks by domestic chicks (Gallus gallus). " in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, v. 124, n. 2 (2010), p. 147-158 - see details
  • E. Frasnelli, G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, "Response competition associated with right-left antennal asymmetries of new and old olfactory memory traces in honeybees" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 209, (2010), p. 36-41 - see details
  • O. Rosa Salva, J.N. Daisley, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Time dependent lateralization of social learning in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus domesticus): effects of retention delays in the observed lateralization pattern." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 212, n. 2 (2010), p. 152-158 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "View-based strategy for reorientation by geometry. " in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, v. 213, (2010), p. 2987-2996. - DOI: 10.1242/​jeb.043315 - see details
  • T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "View-based strategy for reorientation by geometry." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, v. 213, (2010), p. 2987-2996. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.043315 . - DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043315 - see details
  • R. Rugani, L. Fontanari, E. Simoni, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Arithmetic in newborn chicks." in PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 276, (2009), p. 2451-2460 - see details
  • E. Clara, G. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, "Chicks prefer to peck at insect-like elongated stimuli moving in a direction orthogonal to their longer axis." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 12, (2009), p. 755-765 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, V. A. Sovrano, C.Chiandetti, "Doing Socrates experiment right: controlled-rearing studies of geometrical knowledge in animals." in CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY, v. 19, (2009), p. 20-26 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, G. Vallortigara, "Effects of embryonic light stimulation on the ability to discriminate left from right in the domestic chick." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 198, (2009), p. 240-246 - see details
  • S. Ghirlanda, E. Frasnelli, G. Vallortigara, "Intraspecific competition and coordination in the evolution of lateralization" in PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 364, (2009), p. 861-866 - see details
  • S. Ghirlanda, E. Frasnelli, G. Vallortigara, "Intraspecific competition and coordination in the evolution of lateralization." in JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH, v. 364, (2009), p. 861-866 - see details
  • E. Mascalzoni, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigare, "Mom’s shadow: structure-from-motion in newly-hatched chicks as revealed by an imprinting procedure." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 12, (2009), p. 389-400 - see details
  • P.F. Macneilage, L.J. Roers, G. Vallortigara, "Origins of the left and right brain." in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, v. 301, (2009), p. 60-67 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "Animals as natural geometers" in L. Tommasi, L. Nadel, M. Peterson (edited by), Cognitive Biology: evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain and behavior, Cambridge, Mass. ; London: MIT press, 2008, p. 83-104 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, A. Snyder, G. Kaplan, P. Bateson, N. Clayton, L. J. Rogers, "Are animals autistic savants?" in PLOS BIOLOGY, v. 6, n. 2 (2008), p. 208-214 - see details
  • R. Rugani, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Discrimination of small numerosities in young chicks." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 34, n. 3 (2008), p. 388-399 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. J. Rogers, "From antenna to antenna: lateral shift of olfactory memory in honeybees." in PLOS ONE, v. 3(6): e234, (2008), p. 1-5 - see details
  • A. Quaranta, M. Siniscalchi, M. Albrizio, S. Volpe, C. Buonavoglia, G. Vallortigara, "Influence of behavioural lateralization on interleukin-2 and interleukin-6 gene expression in dogs before and after immunization with rabies vaccine." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 186, n. 2 (2008), p. 256-260 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, G. Vallortigara, "Is there an innate geometric module? effects of experience with angular geometric cues on spatial reorientation based on the shape of the environment" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. vol. 11, n. 1 (2008), p. 139-146 - see details
  • V. Girotto, T. Pievani, G. Vallortigara, Nati per credere. Perché il nostro cervello sembra predisposto a fraintendere la teoria di Darwin, Torino: Codice Edizioni, 2008 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, G. Vallortigara, "Spatial reorientation in large and small enclosures: Comparative and developmental perspectives." in COGNITIVE PROCESSING, v. 9, (2008), p. 229-238 - see details
  • A. Quaranta, M. Siniscalchi, G. Vallortigara, "Asymmetric tail-wagging responses by dogs to different emotive stimuli." in CURRENT BIOLOGY, v. 17, (2007), p. 199-201 - see details
  • E. Versace, M. Morgante, G. Pulina, G. Vallortigara, "Behavioural lateralization in sheep (Ovis aries)." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 184, (2007), p. 72-80 - see details
  • O. Rosa Salva, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Chicks discriminate human gaze with their right hemisphere." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 177, (2007), p. 15-21 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "How fish do geometry in large and in small spaces" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. vol. 10, n. no. 1 (2007), p. 47-54. - DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0029-4 - see details
  • D. Bobbo, G. G. Mascetti, F. Fonda, G. Vallortigara, "Monocular sleep following passive avoidance learning in chicks." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 178, (2007), p. 305-312 - see details
  • G. G. Mascetti, M. Rugger, G. Vallortigara, D. Bobbo, "Monocular-unihemispheric sleep and visual discrimination learning in the domestic chick." in EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 176, (2007), p. 70-84 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, A. Gagliardo, T. Pecchia, M. Savini, F. Odetti, P. Ioalè, "Olfactory lateralization in homing pigeons: initial orientation of birds receiving a unilateral olfactory input." in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, v. 25, (2007), p. 1511-1516 - see details
  • E. Clara, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, L. J. Rogers, "Perception of the stereokinetic illusion by the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 10, (2007), p. 135-140 - see details
  • P. Zucca, N. Milos, G. Vallortigara, "Piagetian object permanence and its development in Eurasian Jays (Garrulus glandarius)" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 10, (2007), p. 243-258 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, E. Clara, L. Regolin, L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Plasticity in the avian brain: from molecular to behavioral neurobiology." in Canonaco, M., Facciolo, M., EDS. (edited by), Evolutionary Molecular Strategies and Plasticity, Kerala: Research Signpost, 2007, p. 187-214. - ISBN: 81-308-0135-3 - see details
  • E. Clara, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Preference for symmetry is experience-dependent in newborn chicks" in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 33, (2007), p. 12-20 - see details
  • R. Rugani, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Rudimental numerical competence in 5-day-old domestic chicks: identification of ordinal position." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 33, (2007), p. 21-33 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, R. Rugani, L. Regolin, "Rudimental numerical competence in 5-day-old domestic chicks: Identification of ordinal position." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 33, (2007), p. 21-31 - see details
  • C. Chiandetti, L. Regolin, V. A. Sovrano, G. Vallortigara, "Spatial reorientation: the effects of space size on the encoding of landmark and geometry information." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 10, (2007), p. 159-168 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, "Animal brain lateralization. Cognitive, ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects." in COGNIţIE, CREIER, COMPORTAMENT, v. 10, (2006), p. 187-210 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, G. Vallortigara, "Dissecting the geometric module: the association of metric and landmark information with sense in animals' spatial reorientation" in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, v. 17, n. 7 (2006), p. 616-621. - DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01753.x - see details
  • Clara, E., L.REGOLIN., G. Vallortigara, Zanforlin, M., "Domestic chicks perceive stereokinetic illusions." in PERCEPTION, v. 35, (2006), p. 983-992 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, E. Clara, M. Zanforlin, L. Regolin, "Domestic chicks perceive stereokinetic illusions." in PERCEPTION, v. 35, (2006), p. 983-992 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, D. Bobbo, G. G. Mascetti, "Effects of social interaction on monocular/unihemispheric sleep in male and female domestic chicks." in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, v. 73, (2006), p. 213-219 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, "Gravity bias in the interpretation of biological motion by inexperienced chicks." in CURRENT BIOLOGY, v. 16, (2006), p. 279-280 - see details
  • A. Quaranta, M. Siniscalchi, A. Frate, R. Jacoviello, C. Buonavoglia, G. Vallortigara, "Lateralised behaviour and immune response in dogs: relations between paw preference and interferon-y,interleukin-10 and IgG antibodies production." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 166, n. 2 (2006), p. 236-240 - see details
  • G. Stancher, E. Clara, L. Regolin, G. Vallortigara, "Lateralised righting behavior in the tortoise (Testudo hermanni)" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 173, (2006), p. 315-319 - see details
  • A. Della Chiesa, T. Pecchia, L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Multiple landmarks, the encoding of environmental geometry and the spatial logics of a dual brain." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 9, (2006), p. 281-293 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, A. Della Chiesa, T. Pecchia, L. Tommasi, "Multiple landmarks, the encoding of environmental geometry and the spatial logics of a dual brain." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 9, (2006), p. 281-293 - see details
  • A. D. Chiesa, T. Pecchia, L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Multiple landmarks, the encoding of environmental geometry and the spatial logics of a dual brain." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 9, n. I.e. 4 (2006), p. 281-293. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-006-0050-7 . - DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0050-7 - see details
  • A. Della Chiesa, M. Speranza, L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Spatial cognition based on geometry and landmarks in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus)" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 175, (2006), p. 119-127 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "The cognitive chicken: visual and spatial cognition in a non-mammalian brain." in E. Wasserman, T. Zentall (edited by), Comparative cognition: experimental explorations of animal intelligence, Oxford [etc.]: Oxford university press, 2006, p. 41-58 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, D. Bobbo, G. G. Mascetti, "The effects of early post-hatching changes of imprinting object on the pattern of monocular/unihemispheric sleep of domestic chick" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 170, (2006), p. 23-28 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "The Evolution of Behavioural and Brain Asymmetries: Bridging together Neuropsychology and Evolutionary Biology." in Y. Malashichev, W. Deckel (edited by), Behavioral and Morphological Asymmetries in Vertebrates, Austin, Texas, USA: Landes Bioscience, 2006, p. 1-20 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "The evolutionary psychology of left and right: costs and benefits of lateralization." in DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY, v. 48, (2006), p. 418-427 - see details
  • Gagliardo, A., G. Vallortigara, Nardi, D., Bingman, V.P, "A lateralized avian hippocampus: Preferential role of the left hippocampal formation in homing pigeon sun-compass based spatial learning" in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, v. 22, (2005), p. 2549-2559 - see details
  • Diekamp, B., Regolin, L., Gunturkun, O., G. Vallortigara, "A left-sided visuospatial bias in birds" in CURRENT BIOLOGY, v. 15, (2005), p. 372-373 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Animal's use of landmarks and metric information to reorient: Effects of size of experimental space" in COGNITION, v. 97, n. 2 (2005), p. 121-133. - DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.08.003 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, Cervello di gallina. Visite (guidate) tra etologia e neuroscienze, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2005 - see details
  • Regolin, L. Rugani, R. Pagni, P., G. Vallortigara, "Delayed search for a social and a non-social goal object by the young domestic chick (Gallus gallus)" in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, v. 70, (2005), p. 855-864 - see details
  • Zucca, P., Antonelli, F., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Detour behaviour in three species of birds, quails (Coturnix sp.), herring gulls (Larus cachinnans) and canaries (Serinus canaria)." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 8, (2005), p. 122-128 - see details
  • Chiandetti, C., Regolin, L., Rogers, L.J., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Effects of light stimulation in embryo on the use of position-specific and object-specific cues in binocular and monocular chicks" in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 163, (2005), p. 10-17 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, Rogers, L.J, "Forming an asymmetrical brain: Genes, environment and evolutionary stable strategies" in BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, v. 28, (2005), p. 615-623 - see details
  • A. Gagliardo, F. Odetti, P. Ioalè, T. Pecchia, G. Vallortigara, "Functional asymmetry of left and right avian piriform cortex in homing pigeons' navigation." in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, v. 22, (2005), p. 189-194. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04204.x . - DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04204.x - see details
  • Ventolini, N., Ferrero, E., Sponza, S., Della Chiesa, A., Zucca, P., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Laterality in the wild: preferential hemifield use during predatory and sexual behaviour in the Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)" in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, v. 69, (2005), p. 1077-1084 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, M. Feruglio, V. A. Sovrano, "Reorientation by geometric and landmark information in environments of different spatial size" in DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 8, n. 5 (2005), p. 393-401 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, Rogers, L.J, "Survival with an asymmetrical brain: Advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization" in BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, v. vol. 28, n. no. 4 (2005), p. 575-589. - DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X05000105 - see details
  • Clara, E., Regolin, L., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Visual lateralization, form preferences and secondary imprinting in the domestic chick" in LATERALITY, v. 10, (2005), p. 487-502 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, Regolin, L., Marconato, F., "Visually inexperienced chicks exhibit a spontaneous preference for biological motion patterns" in PLOS BIOLOGY, v. vol. 3, n. no. 7 (2005), p. 1312-1316. - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030208 - see details
  • Regolin, L., Garzotto, B., Rugani, R., Pagni, P., G. Vallortigara, "Working memory in the chick: Parallel and lateralized mechanisms for encoding of object- and position-specific information." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 157, (2005), p. 1-9 - see details
  • Rogers, L.J., Zucca, P., G. Vallortigara, G., "Advantages of having a lateralized brain." in PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 271, (2004), p. 420-422 - see details
  • Regolin, L., Marconato, F., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Hemispheric differences in the recognition of partly occluded objects by newly-hatched domestic chicks (Gallus gallus)" in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 7, (2004), p. 162-170 - see details
  • Tommasi, L., G. Vallortigara, G., "Lateralization of spatial cognition in the domestic chick (Gallus gallus): Sex- and task-related effects." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 155, (2004), p. 85-96 - see details
  • Mascetti, G.G., Bobbo, D. Rugger, M., G. Vallortigara, G., "Monocular sleep in male domestic chicks." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 153, (2004), p. 447-452 - see details
  • Quaranta, A., Siniscalchi, M., Frate, A., Vallortigara, G. Vallortigara, "Paw preference in dogs: relations between lateralised behaviour and immunity." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 153, (2004), p. 521-525 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, P. Pagni, V. A. Sovrano, "Separate geometric and non-geometric modules for spatial reorientation: evidence from a lopsided animal brain" in JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, v. vol. 16, n. no. 3 (2004), p. 390-400 - see details
  • Ghirlanda, S., G. Vallortigara, "The evolution of brain lateralization: A game theoretical analysis of population structure." in PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 271, (2004), p. 853-857 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "Visual cognition and representation in birds and primates." in L.J. Rogers, G. Kaplan, EDS. (edited by), Vertebrate Comparative Cognition: Are Primates Superior to Non-Primates?, NEW YORK: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers., 2004, p. 57-94 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Modularity as a fish views it: conjoining geometric and nongeometric information for spatial reorientation" in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 29, (2003), p. 199-210 - see details
  • Tommasi, L., Gagliardo, A., Andrew, R.J, G. Vallortigara, G., "Separate processing mechanisms for encoding geometric and landmark information in the avian brain." in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, v. 17, (2003), p. 1695-1702 - see details
  • A. Valenti, V. A. Sovrano, P. Zucca, G. Vallortigara, "Visual lateralisation in quails (Coturnix coturnix)" in LATERALITY, v. 8, (2003), p. 67-78 - see details
  • Valenti, A., Sovrano, V.A, Zucca, P., G. Vallortigara, G., "Visual lateralization in quails." in LATERALITY, v. 8, (2003), p. 67-78 - see details
  • Gagliardo, A., Odetti, F., Ioale\', P., Bingman, V.P, Tuttle, S., G. Vallortigara, G., "Bilateral participation of the hippocampus in familiar landmark navigation by homing pigeons." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 136, (2002), p. 201-209 - see details
  • De Santi, A., Bisazza, A., G. Vallortigara, "Complementary left and right eye use during predator inspection and shoal-mate scrutiny in minnows." in JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, v. 60, (2002), p. 1116-1125. - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, V. A. Sovrano, "Conjoining information from different modules: a comparative perspective" in BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, v. 25, n. 6 (2002), p. 701-702 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, A. Bisazza, "How ancient is brain lateralization?" in L.J. Rogers, R.J. Andrew (edited by), Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization, CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 9-69 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, "Lateralization of object and spatial cognition" in L.J. Rogers, R.J. Andrew (edited by), Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization, CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 383-444 - see details
  • Bobbo, D., Galvani, F., Mascetti, G.G, G. Vallortigara, G., "Light exposure of the chick embryo influences monocular sleep." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 134, (2002), p. 447-466. - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, G. Vallortigara, "Lo studio comparato delle menti" in T. Iachini, A. Borghi (edited by), Le scienze della mente, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2002, p. 65-82 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Modularity and spatial reorientation in a simple mind: encoding of geometric and nongeometric properties of a spatial environment by fish" in COGNITION, v. 85, n. 2 (2002), p. 51-59 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Tommasi, V. A. Sovrano, "Pesci rossi, etologi, psicolinguisti e altri animali" in GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA, v. 29, (2002), p. 197-203 - see details
  • A. Bisazza, V. A. Sovrano, G. Vallortigara, "Consistency among different tasks of left-right asymmetries in lines of fish originally selected for opposite direction of lateralization in a detour task" in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, v. 39, n. 10 (2001), p. 1077-1085 - see details
  • L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Encoding of geometric and landmark information in the left and right hemispheres of the avian brain." in BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 115, (2001), p. 602-613 - see details
  • C. Cozzutti, G. Vallortigara, "Hemispheric memories for the content and position of food caches in the domestic chick." in BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 115, (2001), p. 305-313 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, C. Cozzutti, L. Tommasi, L.J. Rogers, "How birds use their eyes: Opposite left-right spacialization for the lateral and frontal visual hemifield in the domestic chick" in CURRENT BIOLOGY, v. 11, (2001), p. 29-33 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Tommasi, V. A. Sovrano, "La cognizione animale: due principi, un corollario e un problema aperto nello studio delle 'altre menti'" in GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOLOGIA, v. 28, (2001), p. 21-45 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Lateralization of response to social stimuli in fishes: a comparison between different methods and species" in PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, v. 74, n. 1-2 (2001), p. 237-244 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, "Comparative neuropsychology of the dual brain: A stroll through left and right animals' perceptual worlds." in BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, v. 73, (2000), p. 189-219 - see details
  • V.A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Lines of fish selected for opposite direction of lateralization show consistency of left-right asymmetry among different behavioural tasks " in European Journal of neuroscience, Oxford, 2000, p. 90-90. Proceedings of: FENS, Brighton, 24-28 giugno 2000 - see details
  • V.A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Lines of fish selected for opposite direction of lateralization show consistency of left-right asymmetry among different behavioural tasks ", 2000, 90 p - see details
  • A. De Santi, V. A. Sovrano, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Mosquitofish display differential left- and right-eye use during mirror-image scrutiny and predator-inspection responses" in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, v. 61, (2000), p. 305-310 - see details
  • L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Searching for the centre: Spatial cognition in the domestic chick." in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, v. 26, (2000), p. 477-486 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, P. Pagni, "Detour behaviour, imprinting, and visual lateralization in the domestic chick." in COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 7, (1999), p. 307-320 - see details
  • L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, "Figure-ground segregation modulates perceived direction of ambiguous moving gratings and plaids." in VISION RESEARCH, v. 39, (1999), p. 777-787 - see details
  • A. Bisazza, L. Facchin, G. Vallortigara, "Heritability of lateralization in fish: Concordance of right-left asymmetry between parents and offspring." in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, v. 38, (1999), p. 907-912 - see details
  • B. Forkman, G. Vallortigara, "Minimization of modal contours: An essential cross species strategy in disambiguating relative depth." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 4, (1999), p. 181-185 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, A. Bisazza., "Possible evolutionary origins of cognitive brain lateralization" in BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS, v. 30, (1999), p. 164-175 - see details
  • V. A. Sovrano, C. Rainoldi, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "Roots of brain specializations: Preferential left-eye use during mirror- image inspection in six species of teleost fish." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 106, (1999), p. 175-180 - see details
  • L. Facchin, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, "What causes lateralization of detour behaviour in fish? evidence for asymmetries in eye use." in BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, v. 103, (1999), p. 229-234 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, A. Bisazza, G. Lippolis, A. Robins, "Complementary right and left hemifield use for predatory and agonistic behaviour in toads." in NEUROREPORT, v. 9, (1998), p. 3341-3344 - see details
  • G. Vallortigara, L. Regolin, M. Rigoni, M. Zanforlin, "Delayed search for a concealed imprinted object in the domestic chick." in ANIMAL COGNITION, v. 1, (1998), p. 17-24 - see details
  • A. Robins, G. Lippolis, A. Bisazza, G. Vallortigara, L.J. Rogers, "Lateralized aggressive responses and hind-limb use in toads." in ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, v. 56, (1998), p. 875-881 - see details
  • L. Tommasi, G. Vallortigara, M. Zanforlin, "Young chickens learn to localize the centre of a spatial environment." in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. A, NEUROETHOLOGY, SENSORY, NEURAL, AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY, v. 180, (1997), p. 567-572 - see details