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Duality and Unity of the Brain

Unified Functioning and Specialisation of the Hemispheres

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. David Ottoson

    1. Wenner-Gren Center Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Wenner-Gren Symposium (WGS)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Asymmetries of the Brain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Functional and Neurochemical Asymmetry in the Corpus Striatum

      • S. D. Glick, J. N. Carlson, K. L. Drew, R. M. Shapiro
      Pages 3-16

    3. Laterality in the Neuroendocrine System

      • Ida Gerendai
      Pages 17-28

    4. Mechanisms of Brain Asymmetry: New Evidence and Hypotheses

      • Glenn D. Rosen, Albert M. Galaburda, Gordon F. Sherman
      Pages 29-36

    5. Asymmetry in the Cerebral Cortex: Development, Estrogen Receptors, Neuron/Glial Ratios, Immune Deficiency and Enrichment/Overcrowding

      • Marian Cleeves Diamond
      Pages 37-52

  3. Handedness and Hemispheric Specialization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Handedness and Cerebral Organization: Data from Clinical and Normal Populations

      • M. P. Bryden
      Pages 55-70

    3. Diversities in Right-handers in Left-hemisphere Processing

      • Jerre Levy, Wendy Heller
      Pages 71-82

    4. Normal Variation in Human Brain Organization: Relation to Handedness, Sex and Cognitive Abilities

      • Richard A. Harshman, Elizabeth Hampson
      Pages 83-99

    5. The Evolution of Handedness in Primates

      • Peter F. MacNeilage
      Pages 100-113

    6. Spontaneous Drawing in an Unselected Sample of Patients with Unilateral Cerebral Damage

      • Doreen Kimura, Robert Faust
      Pages 114-146

    7. Extreme Mathematical Talent: A Hormonally Induced Ability?

      • Camilla Persson Benbow, Robert Michael Benbow
      Pages 147-157
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Wenner-Gren Center Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Ottoson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Duality and Unity of the Brain

  • Book Subtitle: Unified Functioning and Specialisation of the Hemispheres

  • Editors: David Ottoson

  • Series Title: Wenner-Gren Symposium

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08940-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Wenner-Gren Center 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08940-6Published: 13 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0083-7989

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-0528

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 499

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Anatomy, Neurosciences

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