title: Handedness: what kangaroos tell us about our lopsided brains.
abstract: Brain asymmetry is widespread, but the presence of handedness in non-human animals is debated. A new study now provides evidence for handedness in bipedal - but not quadrupedal - marsupials.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Piazza della Manifattura 1, I-38068 Rovereto, Italy. Electronic address: giorgio.vallortigara@unitn.it.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vallortigara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007839:Functional Laterality; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000502:physiology*