Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain
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Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain

About this book

Laterality: Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain focuses on brain function and laterality as well as the various methods in assessing behavioral asymmetries, including handedness. It reviews the literature on perceptual-cognitive laterality effects in different sensory modalities, the lateralization of emotion and motor behavior, and the electrophysiological evidence. It also highlights some of the problems with the existing research and offers suggestions about the direction of future research. Organized into 17 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of cerebral asymmetry and the origins and mechanisms of lateralization. Then, it discusses the individual differences in laterality, methods and measurement used in laterality studies, and experiments on dichotic listening and auditory lateralization. The next chapters focus on the link between verbal laterality and handedness, tactual and perceptual laterality, asymmetry of motor performance, lateralization of emotional processes, and physiological measures of asymmetry. The book also introduces the handedness and its relation to cerebral function, genetics of laterality, development of cerebral lateralization, individual differences in cerebral organization, sex differences in laterality, reading- and language-related deficits, and control of the active hemisphere before concluding with a chapter discussing the experimental or strategy effects, the concept of complementary specialization, and the dichotomy between the two hemispheres of the brain. This book is a valuable resource for neuropsychologists, experimental psychologists, neurologists, and educators interested in understanding human brain function.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Laterality: Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction
  8. Chapter 2. Methods and Measurement in Laterality Studies
  9. Chapter 3. Dichotic Listening and Auditory Lateralization
  10. Chapter 4. Visual Laterality Effects
  11. Chapter 5. Tactual Laterality Effects
  12. Chapter 6. Some General Considerations regarding Perceptual Laterality
  13. Chapter 7. Asymmetry of Motor Performance
  14. Chapter 8. Lateralization of Emotional Processes
  15. Chapter 9. Physiological Measures of Asymmetry
  16. Chapter 10. Handedness and Its Relation to Cerebral Function
  17. Chapter 11. Genetics of Laterality
  18. Chapter 12. The Development of Cerebral Lateralization
  19. Chapter 13. Introduction to Individual Differences in Cerebral Organization
  20. Chapter 14. Sex Differences in Laterality
  21. Chapter 15. Reading and Language-Related Deficits
  22. Chapter 16. Control of the Active Hemisphere
  23. Chapter 17. Some Final Words
  24. References
  25. Index