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(3) Re: Brain usage....male and female????

Ian at dragoncon.net Ian at dragoncon.net
Wed Jul 21 07:09:41 EST 1999


On 15 Jul 1999 04:20:03 GMT, flefever at ix.netcom.com(flefever) wrote:

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>Also saw something about dolphins, e.g. REM in one hemisphere at a
>time, but in one of these newsgroups; no references.
>
>F. LeFever
>
Many species of birds also do this. They keep one eye open for
predators and this requires one half of their brain to be active.

A recent study confirming this was published in Nature, vol 397 p 397
Sorry, I've lost the title, but the researchers were Niels Rattenbor
et al, from Indiana State at Terre Haute

Ian



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