Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Rogers, Lesley J.

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Produktbeschreibung

No longer viewed as a characteristic unique to humans, brain lateralization is considered a key property of most, if not all, vertebrates. This field of study provides a firm basis from which to examine a number of important issues in the study of brain and behaviour. This book takes a comparative and integrative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans. It highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The book is arranged in four parts, beginning with the evolution of lateralization, moving to its development, to its cognitive dimensions, and finally to its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, non-primate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters in which they discuss their own research and consider its implications to humans. The book is suitable for researchers, graduates and advanced undergraduates in psychology, neuroscience and the behavioral sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511060618
• Artikelnr.: 38214002

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Evolution of Lateralization: 1. How ancient
is lateralization? G. Vallortigara and A. Bisazza; 2. The earliest origins
and subsequent evolution of lateralization R. J. Andrew; 3. The nature of
lateralization in tetrapods R. J. Andrew and L. J. Rogers; 4. Advantages
and disadvantages of lateralization L. J. Rogers; Part II. Development of
Lateralization: 5. Behavioral development and lateralization R. J. Andrew;
6. Factors affecting the development of lateralization in chicks C. Deng
and L. J. Rogers; 7. Ontogony of visual lateralization in pigeons O.
Güntürkün; 8. Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum
in rodents and humans P. E. Cowell and V. H. Denenberg; 9. Posture and
laterality in human and nonhuman primates: asymmetries in maternal handling
and the infant's early motor asymmetries E. Damerose and J. Vauclair; Part
III. Cognition and Lateralization: 10. Evidence of cerebral lateralization
from senses other than vision R. J. Andrew and J. A. S. Watkins; 11. Facing
an obstacle: lateralization of object and spatial cognition G. Vallortigara
and L. Regolin; 12. Laterality of communicative behaviors in nonhuman
primates: a critical analysis W. D. Hopkins and S. F. Carriba; 13.
Specialized processing of primate facial and vocal expressions: evidence
for cerebral asymmetries D. J. Weiss, A. A. Ghazanfar, C. T. Miller and M.
D. Hauser; Part IV. Lateralization and Memory: 14. Memory and lateralized
recall A. N. B. Johnston and S. P. R. Rose; 15. Memory formation and brain
lateralization R. J. Andrew; Epilogue; Appendix; Index.