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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459865203321

Titolo

The two halves of the brain [[electronic resource] ] : information processing in the cerebral hemispheres / / edited by Kenneth Hugdahl and René Westerhausen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-73697-3

9786612736971

0-262-26594-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (717 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HugdahlKenneth

WesterhausenRené <1976->

Disciplina

612.8/25

Soggetti

Cerebral dominance

Laterality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction and Overview; I Genetic and Evolutionary Perspectives on Hemispheric Asymmetry; 1 Differential Gene Transcription in the Left and Right Cerebral Cortex; 2 Evolutionary Depth of Human Brain Language Areas; 3 Handedness and Cerebral Asymmetry; II Hemispheric Asymmetry in Nonmammalian Species; 4 Hemispheric Asymmetry of Songbirds; 5 The Embryonic Development of Visual Asymmetry in the Pigeon; III Neuroimaging and Hemispheric Asymmetry; 6 Structural Indices of Asymmetry; 7 Asymmetry of White Matter Pathways

8 Electroencephalographic and Magnetoencephalographic Indices of Hemispheric AsymmetryIV Hormones, Sex Differences, and Sleep Asymmetry; 9 Sex Hormonal Effects on Hemispheric Asymmetry and Interhemispheric Interaction; 10 Sex Differences in Handedness, Brain Asymmetry, and Language Lateralization; 11 Laterality and Sleep; V Asymmetry of Perception; 12 Auditory Laterality; 13 Processing Asymmetries in the Visual System; 14 Integrating Auditory and Visual Asymmetry; VI Asymmetry of Cognition; 15 A Unified Structural-



Attentional Framework for Dichotic Listening

16 Cognitive Control of Auditory Laterality17 Hemispheric Asymmetry of Memory; VII Asymmetry in Neurological and Pediatric Disorders; 18 Visuospatial Function and the Neglect Syndrome; 19 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Pediatric Developmental Disorders; VIII Asymmetry in Schizophrenia and Psychosis; 20 Lateral Differences in the Default Mode Network in Schizophrenia; 21 The Origins of Psychosis and the Evolution of Language; Contributors; Index; Plates

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a comprehensive view of the latest research in brain asymmetry, offering not only recent empirical and clinical findings but also a coherent theoretical approach to the subject.