Cognitive and Neurophysiological Models of Brain Asymmetry

• Autore: Ocklenburg Sebastian
• Pubblicazione: Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Medicine and Nursing; Neurosciences
• Soggetto non controllato: amplitude; asymmetry; avian brain; baboon; bilateral language; bilateria; body mass; brain; brain asymmetries; brain asymmetry; brain mass; brain torque; cerebral asymmetry; cerebral dominance; cerebral lateralization; cerebral polymorphisms; ciliopathy; DC model; development; dichotic listening task; dipole moment; Doppler-shifted constant frequency (DSCF); EEG; electrical field potential; epigenetic; finite element method; footedness; frequency modulation (FM); functional hemispheric asymmetries; functional modules; genetics; GWAS; handedness; hemispheric lateralization; hemispheric specialization; heritability; heterotaxy; human laterality; language; language areas; language evolution; lateral asymmetry; laterality; lateralization; left-right differentiation; molecular asymmetry; MRI; mustached bat; neurodevelopment; neuronal plasticity; neuroscience; nidopallium; ontogeny; optic tecta; optic tectum; parrots; polygenic model; polygenic scores; power; primary auditory cortex (A1); quantitative trait; sex differences; Silbo Gomero; situs; situs inversus; social communication; spectral; structural hemispheric asymmetries; temporal; theoretical models; vertebrate asymmetry; visceral asymmetry; visual system; whistle language; Wulst
• Persona (resp. second.): GüntürkünOnur; OcklenburgSebastian
• Sommario/riassunto: Asymmetry is an inherent characteristic of brain organization in both humans and other vertebrate species, and is evident at the behavioral, neurophysiological, and structural levels. Brain asymmetry underlies the organization of several cognitive systems, such as emotion, communication, and spatial processing. Despite this ubiquity of asymmetries in the vertebrate brain, we are only beginning to understand the complex neuronal mechanisms underlying the interaction between hemispheric asymmetries and cognitive systems. Unfortunately, despite the vast number of empirical studies on brain asymmetries, theoretical models that aim to provide mechanistic explanations of hemispheric asymmetries are sparse in the field. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to highlight empirically based mechanistic models of brain asymmetry. Overall, six theoretical and four empirical articles were published in the Special Issue, covering a wide range of topics, from human handedness to auditory laterality in bats. Two key challenges for theoretical models of brain asymmetry are the integration of increasingly complex molecular data into testable models, and the creation of theoretical models that are robust and testable across different species.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cognitive and Neurophysiological Models of Brain Asymmetry
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910576882203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II