Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization

Lesley J. Rogers, Richard J. Andrew

660 pages, parution le 15/03/2002

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Résumé

No longer viewed as a characteristic unique to humans, brain lateralization is considered a key property of most, if not all, vertebrates. This field of study provides a firm basis from which to examine a number of important issues in the study of brain and behavior. This is the first book to take a comparative and integrative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans. It highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The book is arranged in four parts, beginning with the evolution of lateralization, moving to its development, to its cognitive dimensions, and finally to its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters in which they discuss their own research and consider its implications to humans. The book is suitable for researchers, graduates, and advanced undergraduates in psychology, neuroscience, and the behavioral sciences.

Contents

Preface
Introduction

Part I. Evolution of Lateralization

1. How ancient is lateralization? G. Vallortigara and A. Bisazza
2. The earliest origins and subsequent evolution of lateralization R. J. Andrew
3. The nature of lateralization in tetrapods R. J. Andrew and L. J. Rogers
4. Advantages and disadvantages of lateralization L. J. Rogers

Part II. Development of Lateralization

5. Behavioral development and lateralization R. J. Andrew
6. Factors affecting the development of lateralization in chicks C. Deng and L. J. Rogers
7. Ontogony of visual lateralization in pigeons O. Güntürkün
8. Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum in rodents and humans P. E. Cowell and V. H. Denenberg
9. Posture and laterality in human and nonhuman primates: asymmetries in maternal handling and the infant's early motor asymmetries E. Damerose and J. Vauclair

Part III. Cognition and Lateralization

10. Evidence of cerebral lateralization from senses other than vision R. J. Andrew and J. A. S. Watkins
11. Facing an obstacle: lateralization of object and spatial cognition G. Vallortigara and L. Regolin
12. Laterality of communicative behaviors in nonhuman primates: a critical analysis W. D. Hopkins and S. F. Carriba
13. Specialized processing of primate facial and vocal expressions: evidence for cerebral asymmetries D. J. Weiss, A. A. Ghazanfar, C. T. Miller and M. D. Hauser

Part IV. Lateralization and Memory

14. Memory and lateralized recall A. N. B. Johnston and S. P. R. Rose
15. Memory formation and brain lateralization R. J. Andrew

Epilogue
Appendix
Index.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Lesley J. Rogers, Richard J. Andrew
Parution	15/03/2002
Nb. de pages	660
Format	17,5 x 25,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1447g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521781619
ISBN13	978-0-521-78161-9