| Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization Contributor(s): Rogers, Lesley J. (Editor), Andrew, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521787009 ISBN-13: 9780521787000 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Compares brain lateralization among lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals and primates, including humans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
| Dewey: 573.861 |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.32 lbs) 672 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book takes a comparative and integrative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans, and highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The volume is arranged in four parts, beginning with the evolution of lateralization, moving to its development, cognitive dimensions, and finally 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rogers, Lesley J.: - Lesley J. Rogers is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, she has made outstanding contributions to understanding brain development and behaviour, including the discovery of lateralization in the chick forebrain at a time when lateralization was thought to be unique to humans. Her publications, numbering over 450, include 16 books and over 200 scientific papers and book chapters, mainly in the field of brain and behaviour with a focus on development and lateralization. She has received a number of awards for excellence in research, including a Special Investigator Award from the Australian Research Council, an Australian Centenary Medal, and the Clarke Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales. |