When perceptual laterality vanishes with curiosity: A study in dolphins and starlings.

Sensory laterality is influenced by the individual's attentional state. There are variations in the way different individuals of a same species attend to stimuli. When confronted to novelty, some individuals are more explorative than others.

[Irritable colon in children: dietary aspects].

Forty cases of irritable bowel syndrome with complete dietary histories were examined retrospectively. Included were infants and children aged 6 to 42 months, who had diarrhoea at least 4 weeks duration, a normal pattern of growth and no evidence of malabsorption or enteric infections. The majority (92.