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UNINA9910765841003321 |
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Brain asymmetry of structure and/or function / / edited by Lesley J. Rogers |
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Basel : , : MDPI, , [2017] |
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1 online resource (viii, 148 pages) : illustrations |
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This edited book brings together research reports on the asymmetry of brain function in various species, including humans, dogs, birds, lizards and bees. As shown in a wide range of species, and, as we now know, not solely in humans, the left and right sides of the brain process information in different ways and control different responses or patterns of behaviour. Since this discovery, many new methods have become available to reveal the processes involved in the development, function and evolution of this important attribute of the brain. Chapters consider the evidence for asymmetry of sensory receptors, left-right differences in information processing and asymmetrical control of behaviour. The latter includes lateralization of bird song and use of the magnetic compass in navigation. Other chapters report studies on handedness, hemispheric asymmetries in emotional processing and perception of symmetry in humans. The importance of the degree, or strength, of asymmetry is discussed and the conclusion is that asymmetry of the brain enhances its efficiency. Other chapters provide evidence that early experience influences the development of asymmetry. All of the contributors have strong backgrounds in research and they discuss up-to-date discoveries on lateralized brain and behaviour. |
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UNINA9910787727903321 |
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Coleman Simon |
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Reframing Pilgrimage [[electronic resource] ] : Cultures in Motion |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
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1-280-05637-1 |
1-134-41171-5 |
0-415-30355-9 |
0-203-64369-0 |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Anthropology of religion |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages |
Shrines |
Urban anthropology |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Reframing Pilgrimage; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: reframing pilgrimage; 2 'Being there': British Mormons and the history trail; 3 From England's Nazareth to Sweden's Jerusalem: movement, (virtual) landscapes and pilgrimage; 4 Going and not going to Porokhane: Mourid women and pilgrimage in Senegal and Spain; 5 Embedded motion: sacred travel among Mevlevi dervishes; 6 'Heartland of America': memory, motion and the (re)construction of history on a motorcycle pilgrimage |
7 Coming home to the Motherland: pilgrimage tourism in Ghana8 Route metaphors of 'roots-tourism' in the Scottish Highland diaspora; Bibliography; Index |
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Reframing Pilgrimage argues that sacred travel is just one of the twenty-first century's many forms of cultural mobility. The contributors consider the meanings of pilgrimage in Christian, Mormon, Hindu, Islamic and Sufi traditions, as well as in secular contexts, and they |
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create a new theory of pilgrimage as a form of voluntary displacement. This voluntary displacement helps to constitute cultural meaning in a world constantly 'en route'. Pilgrimage, which works both on global economic and individual levels, is recognised as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately |
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