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Dunaif-Hattis, Janet.

Doubling the brain : on the evolution of brain lateralization and its implications for language / Janet Dunaif-Hattis. - New York : Peter Lang, c1984. - xi, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - American university studies. Series XI, Anthropology/sociology, vol. 3 0740-0489 ; .

Contents;

Chapter I: Introduction
Usefulness of an evolutionary approach
Relationship between structure and function
Systems approach
etc.

Chapter II: Key issues in the study of brain asymmetry
Convergent vs. parallel evolution
Anatomical vs. functional asymmetry
Relationship between handedness and cognitive asymmetries
etc.

Chapter III: Possible mechanics for dominance
Possible gross anatomical bases
Possible cytoarchitectural bases
Possible biochemical bases
etc.

Chapter IV: Development basis of human cerebral dominance
Possible genetic basis of cerebral dominance
Environmental determination of cerebral dominance
A multifactorial developmental basis
etc.

Chapter V: The evolution of brain lateralization
Evolution of the bilateral organization of the nervous system
Evolution of the vertebrate nervous system
Brain asymmetry in nonmammalian vertebrates
etc.

Chapter VI: Brain asymmetry in nonhuman primates
Anatomical evidence of primate brain asymmetry
Handedness studies in nonhuman primates
Cognitive processes: Perception, memory and learning
etc.

Chapter VII: The evolution of human brain asymmetry
Evolutionary relationship between nervous systems and behavior
Relaxation of pressure for brain asymmetry
Motor differentiation theories
etc.

Chapter VIII: Conclusions
What next?
Physical mechanisms underlying functional asymmetry
Developmental basis



Bibliography: p. [176]-208 . _ Index: p. 209-213.

ISBN: 0820400564

LCCN: 83048765

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Neurolinguistics.
Cerebral dominance.

Dewey Class. No.: 612.82 / DUN