Cerebral and Motor Lateralization
Post Conference Symposium
3rd August 2016, University of Exeter
Schedule of Events
9:15-9:30 Elisa Frasnelli and Gillian Forrester: Welcome and Opening
9:30-10:00 Elisa Frasnelli (University of Exeter, UK): The evolution of population-level lateralization: insights from bees
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Edmund Hunt (University of Bristol, UK): Lateralization of behaviour in social insects - emergent adaptive benefits
11:00-11:30 Adrian Bell (University of Sussex, UK): Colony-level, limb preference in the red wood ant
11:30-12:00 Paul Calcraft (University of Sussex, UK): The evolution of colony-level lateralisation in a eusocial insect
12:00-12:30 Christelle Jozet-Alves (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France): Complementary left and right visual hemifield specialization in cuttlefish
12:30-14:00 Lunch (Imperial Pub, Exeter)
14:00-14:30 Culum Brown (Macquarie University, Australia): Sources of variability in laterality
14:30-15:00 Yegor Malashichev (Saint Petersburg State University): Behavioural asymmetries in cetaceans
15:00-15:30 Serenella d'Ingeo (University of Bari, Italy): Smelling emotions through the dog nose: sniffing canine and human emotionally arousing odours produces asymmetric nostril use and enhances dog's emotional response
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Gillian Forrester (University of Westminster, UK): Lateral biases in navigational paths of great apes and children
16:30-17:00 Brenda Todd (City University London): An examination of the origins, functions and development of the left-side bias in infant-holding by human mothers
17:00-17:15 Gillian Forrester and Elisa Frasnelli: Closing Remarks
Further post-symposium discussion over drinks and food – details to be determined
9:30-10:00 Elisa Frasnelli (University of Exeter, UK): The evolution of population-level lateralization: insights from bees
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Edmund Hunt (University of Bristol, UK): Lateralization of behaviour in social insects - emergent adaptive benefits
11:00-11:30 Adrian Bell (University of Sussex, UK): Colony-level, limb preference in the red wood ant
11:30-12:00 Paul Calcraft (University of Sussex, UK): The evolution of colony-level lateralisation in a eusocial insect
12:00-12:30 Christelle Jozet-Alves (Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France): Complementary left and right visual hemifield specialization in cuttlefish
12:30-14:00 Lunch (Imperial Pub, Exeter)
14:00-14:30 Culum Brown (Macquarie University, Australia): Sources of variability in laterality
14:30-15:00 Yegor Malashichev (Saint Petersburg State University): Behavioural asymmetries in cetaceans
15:00-15:30 Serenella d'Ingeo (University of Bari, Italy): Smelling emotions through the dog nose: sniffing canine and human emotionally arousing odours produces asymmetric nostril use and enhances dog's emotional response
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Gillian Forrester (University of Westminster, UK): Lateral biases in navigational paths of great apes and children
16:30-17:00 Brenda Todd (City University London): An examination of the origins, functions and development of the left-side bias in infant-holding by human mothers
17:00-17:15 Gillian Forrester and Elisa Frasnelli: Closing Remarks
Further post-symposium discussion over drinks and food – details to be determined