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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820093003321

Autore

Musálek Martin

Titolo

Development of test batteries for diagnostics of motor laterality manifestation : link between cerebellar dominance and hand performance / / Martin Musálek ; reviewed by Pamela Bryden, Jiři Tichý ; from original Czech version translated by Radek Blaheta ; edited by Alena Jirsová ; cover and layout by Jan Serých

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Prague, [Czech Republic] : , : Karolinum Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

80-246-2306-4

Edizione

[First English edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

152.335

Soggetti

Laterality - Physiological aspects

Neuropsychiatry

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""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Aim of this Book""; ""1. Phenomenon Called Laterality""; ""1.1 Laterality as Concept ""; ""1.1.1 Asymmetry in Universe""; ""1.1.2 Asymmetry and Chirality in Life System""; ""1.2 Laterality as Characteristic of Human""; ""2. Human Brain""; ""2.1 Structural Hemispheric Asymmetry""; ""2.1.1 Structural Hemispheric Asymmetry in Relation to Gender""; ""2.2 Brain Organization and Motor Control""; ""3. Genetic Models of Right- and Left-Sidedness""; ""3.1 Different Gene Expression in Right and Left Hemisphere as Basis of Neural Hemispheric Asymmetry""

""3.2 The Annett, Right Shift Theory genetic model of handedness""""3.3 Genetic Model of Handedness Chris McManus, D and C alleles""; ""3.4 Other Genetic Models of Handedness""; ""4. Environmental Factors as Possible Cause in Change of Laterality at Human ""; ""4.1 Birth Stress""; ""4.2 Higher Level of Hormone Testosterone in Uterus""; ""5. Types of Laterality""; ""5.1 Functional Motor Laterality Manifestation""; ""5.1.1 Preference ""; ""5.1.2 Performance Expression of Different Skill of Locomotive Organs in Motor Activity""

""5.1.3 Are Preference and Performance Communicating Vessels or Different Attributes?""""5.1.4 Dominance""; ""5.1.5 Laterality of



Locomotive and Sensory Organs""; ""5.2 Structural Laterality of Locomotive Organs ""; ""5.3 Structural and Motor Manifestations of Laterality in the Ontogenetic Development of the Individu""; ""5.3.1 Prenatal Asymmetry""; ""5.3.2 Craniofacial Development""; ""5.3.3 Motor Manifestations of Laterality in the Prenatal Period""; ""5.3.4 Postnatal Development of Motor Manifestations of Laterality ""; ""5.3.5 Corpus Callosum and Hemispheric Specialization""

""6. Diagnostics of Motor Laterality Manifestation""""6.1 Diagnostic Tools""; ""6.1.1 Preference Tasks""; ""6.1.2 Preference Self-reported Questionnaires""; ""6.1.2.1 Methodological and Psychometric Shortcomings  of the Most Frequently Cited Diagnostic Tool,""; ""6.1.3 Performance Tests""; ""6.2 Evaluation of Cerebellar Dominance, New Approach for Approximation of Hemispheric Superiority""; ""7. Empirical Research""; ""8. Research Questions""; ""9. Hypotheses""; ""10. Methods""; ""10.1 Definition of Theoretical Concept""; ""10.2 Determination of Specific Theoretical Concepts""

""10.3 Determination of Structure of Diagnostic Tool""""10.4 Creating a Complete List of Relevant Items""; ""10.5 Content Validity ""; ""10.6 First Version of Test Batteries""; ""10.7 Verification of Intelligibility of Items""; ""10.8 The Research Sample and Its Size""; ""10.9 Final versions of Test Batteries Before Collecting the Data""; ""10.10 Data Analysis, Evaluation of Structure""; ""10.11 Approximation of Reliability""; ""11. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) ""; ""11.1 Introduction""; ""11.2 Types of SEM models""; ""11.3 Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)""

""11.4 Categorical Variables and SEM""