Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11948
Title: Divided Brains: The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries
Contributor(s): Rogers, Lesley  (author); Vallortigara, Giorgio (author); Andrew, Richard J (author)
Publication Date: 2013
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511793899
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11948
Abstract: Research on lateralization of brain and behaviour in animals has expanded rapidly over the past two decades and continues to grow exponentially. The same is true of studies on lateralization in humans, and the evidence from these two sources is integrated in this book in a way not previously attempted. We were motivated to write this book because of the widening interest in the subject and a perceived need to make the most up-to-date information available in a form that, we hope, is stimulating and easy to read. Since there are many general texts on cerebral specialization in humans, our chief focus was on left-right differences in brain and behaviour in non-human animals, with the aim of bringing together recent striking advances arising from study of lateralization in these species and the state of knowledge of lateralization in humans. We approached the topic of lateralization from the perspective of Tinbergen's four questions (function, evolution, development, causation), to each of which we have devoted one chapter.
Publication Type: Book
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780521183048
9781107005358
Fields of Research (FOR) 2008: 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 319999 Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology
HERDC Category Description: A1 Authored Book - Scholarly
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/168801156
Extent of Pages: 217
Appears in Collections:Book
School of Science and Technology

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