Brain and Behavioral Lateralization in Animals

Title
Brain and Behavioral Lateralization in Animals
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Rogers, Lesley
Editor
Editor(s): James D Wright
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition
2
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.53082-7
UNE publication id
une:17399
Abstract
Differential control of behavior and information processing by the left and right hemispheres of the brain is now well known to be characteristic of a wide number of vertebrate species, thus overturning the long-held myth that it is unique to humans. Perhaps, even more unexpected has been the discovery that the pattern of lateralization in vertebrate species is fundamentally the same as that in humans. Research on animals is revealing important information about the development, evolution, causation, and function of this key aspect of brain organization.
Link
Citation
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, v.2, p. 799-805
ISBN
9780080970868
Start page
799
End page
805

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