Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization [Paperback]

Compares brain lateralization among lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals and primates, including humans.The study of brain lateralization provides a firm basis from which to examine a number of important issues in the study of brain and behavior. This is the first book to take a comparative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans. It highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The book examines the evolution of lateralization, its development, its cognitive dimensions, and its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters.The study of brain lateralization provides a firm basis from which to examine a number of important issues in the study of brain and behavior. This is the first book to take a comparative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans. It highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The book examines the evolution of lateralization, its development, its cognitive dimensions, and its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, nonprimate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters.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 considlcA