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serenelladingeo.bsky.social @serenelladingeo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🐶 Is your dog right-pawed, left-pawed, or somewhere in between? In our new paper, we introduce the Doginburgh Inventory, a novel tool inspired by the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory used in humans. It combines multiple tasks to provide a more comprehensive assessment of canine motor laterality. 🧠🐾
royalsocietypublishing.org
The ‘Doginburgh Inventory’: from hands to paws in assessing canine motor laterality
Abstract. Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are one of the most important animal species in comparative laterality research, especially for motor func
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serenelladingeo.bsky.social @serenelladingeo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NEW PAPER OUT 🐱🐈 We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats. A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.
cell.com
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats
Isparta et al. find that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side, indicating asymmetry at the population level. Because the right hemisphere is specialized for threat processing, this as...
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