The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken (Cabi) - Hardcover

Rogers, Lesley

 
9780851989242: The Development of Brain and Behaviour in the Chicken (Cabi)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0851989241 ISBN 13: 9780851989242
Publisher: CABI Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors which occur in the developing chick provide a potent argument against unitary causal explanations for differences in behaviour. Study of the behaviour of the chick is also relevant to poultry science and the welfare of domesticated birds. This book reviews research on the development of brain and behaviour in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian species. It begins by outlining the developmental stages of the chick embryo, including the effects of environmental stimulation. Behaviour and the neurochemistry of development and memory formation in the posthatching period are then discussed. The transitions that occur during the first two to three weeks of posthatching life are described, particularly in terms of changing hemispheric dominance. The final chapter examines avian cognition and some issues of welfare for the domestic chicken. The book provides a thorough review of the subject and will interest workers in animal neurophysiology and behaviour, experimental psychologists, and poultry scientists.

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About the Author

Lesley J. Rogers is Emeritus Professor at the University of New England, where she was Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour from 1993-2007. She completed her first degree with Honours at Adelaide University, South Australia, and then a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex, UK. Later the University of Sussex awarded her a Doctor of Science in acknowledgment of the research that she conducted following her D.Phil. degree. She discovered asymmetry of brain and behaviour in the chick and has researched the topic on a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate species. She is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales and an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithological Society. Her publications include 21 authored and edited books, 8 special issues, 248 refereed research papers and 58 book chapters, mainly in the field of brain and behaviour with a focus on development and function of brain lateralization and including relevance of laterality to animal welfare. She is currently a co-editor of the journal Laterality: Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition and a member of the editorial board of several international journals.

From the Back Cover

As a model organism, the chick has provided valuable insights into broad issues of development in higher animals. The complex interactions between genetic, hormonal and environmental factors which occur in the developing chick provide a potent argument against unitary causal explanations for differences in behaviour. Study of the behaviour of the chick is also relevant to poultry science and the welfare of domesticated birds. This book reviews research on the development of brain and behaviour in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian species. It begins by outlining the developmental stages of the chick embryo, including the effects of environmental stimulation. Behaviour and the neurochemistry of development and memory formation in the posthatching period are then discussed. The transitions that occur during the first two to three weeks of posthatching life are described, particularly in terms of changing hemispheric dominance. The final chapter examines avian cognition and some issues of welfare for the domestic chicken. The book provides a thorough review of the subject and will interest workers in animal neurophysiology and behaviour, experimental psychologists, and poultry scientists.

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Publisher
CABI Publishing
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0851989241
ISBN 13 
9780851989242
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288