Once considered a uniquely human attribute, brain asymmetry has been proved to be ubiquitous among non-human animals. A synthetic review of evidence of animal lateralization in the motor, sensory, cognitive, and affective domains is provided, together with a discussion of its development and possible biological functions. It is argued that investigation of brain asymmetry in a comparative perspective may favor the link between classical neuropsychological studies and modern developmental and evolutionary biology approaches
Titolo: | Brain Asymmetry (animal) |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2011 |
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Abstract: | Once considered a uniquely human attribute, brain asymmetry has been proved to be ubiquitous among non-human animals. A synthetic review of evidence of animal lateralization in the motor, sensory, cognitive, and affective domains is provided, together with a discussion of its development and possible biological functions. It is argued that investigation of brain asymmetry in a comparative perspective may favor the link between classical neuropsychological studies and modern developmental and evolutionary biology approaches |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2846262 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcs.100 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in Rivista |
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