Doubling the brain : on the evolution of brain lateralization and its implications for language / Janet Dunaif-Hattis.
Series: American university studies. Series XI, Anthropology/sociology, ; vol. 3Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c1984.Description: xi, 213 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0820400564
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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.
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