ロビンは両眼に磁気コンパスを持っています
Christine Maira Hein1, Svenja Engels, Dmitry Kishkinev
1AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation, IBU, University of Oldenburg, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
Nature
|April 2, 2011
まとめ
ヨーロッパのロビンは,ナビゲーションのために磁気コンパスを使用しますが,以前の研究とは異なり,この研究では右目の優位性の証拠は見つかりませんでした. ロビンは両目とも独立して向き合い,磁気コンパスの横方向化理論に挑戦する.
科学分野:
- 動物の行動 動物の行動
- 神経倫理学 神経倫理学とは
- 感覚生物学 感覚生物学とは
背景:
- 以前の研究では,ロビン (Erithacus rubecula) が磁気コンパスの方向性のために右目を必要としていることが示唆されていた.
- これは,鳥の右横磁気指針の仮説につながった.
- 機能性神経解剖学的データは,以前,この厳格な横向化に疑問を投げかけていました.
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