Duality and Unity of the Brain: Unified Functioning and Specialisation of the Hemispheres

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Functional and Neurochemical Asymmetry in the Corpus Striatum....Pages 3-16
Laterality in the Neuroendocrine System....Pages 17-28
Mechanisms of Brain Asymmetry: New Evidence and Hypotheses....Pages 29-36
Asymmetry in the Cerebral Cortex: Development, Estrogen Receptors, Neuron/Glial Ratios, Immune Deficiency and Enrichment/Overcrowding....Pages 37-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Handedness and Cerebral Organization: Data from Clinical and Normal Populations....Pages 55-70
Diversities in Right-handers in Left-hemisphere Processing....Pages 71-82
Normal Variation in Human Brain Organization: Relation to Handedness, Sex and Cognitive Abilities....Pages 83-99
The Evolution of Handedness in Primates....Pages 100-113
Spontaneous Drawing in an Unselected Sample of Patients with Unilateral Cerebral Damage....Pages 114-146
Extreme Mathematical Talent: A Hormonally Induced Ability?....Pages 147-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Disorders of Emotional Behaviour and of Autonomic Arousal Resulting from Unilateral Brain Damage....Pages 161-179
Hemisphere Specialization: A Mechanism for Unifying Anterior and Posterior Brain Regions....Pages 180-193
Hemispheric Asymmetry and Positive-Negative Affect....Pages 194-206
Variations in Arousal Asymmetry: Implications for Face Processing....Pages 207-222
Lateralization of Associative Processes: Human Conditioning Studies....Pages 223-234
Laterality and Unconscious Processes....Pages 235-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Hemispheric Monitoring....Pages 247-281
The Intrahemispheric Localization and Some Electrophysiological Correlates of Language and Memory....Pages 283-294
Single Neuron Activity in the Right and Left Human Temporal Lobe During Listening and Speaking....Pages 295-310
CT Scan Lesions and Language Behavior in Left-handed Aphasia Cases: Observation of Separate Hemispheric Dominances for Handedness, Speech Output and/or Comprehension....Pages 311-323
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Lateralization of Language in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: A Critical Review of Visual Half-field Studies....Pages 324-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Role of Callosal Connections in the Representation of the Visual Field in the Primary Visual Cortex of the Cat....Pages 349-366
Reversed Brain Anatomical Asymmetries in Schizophrenia: A Search for Contributing Variables....Pages 367-381
Subcortical Influences on Cortical Processing in ‘Split’ Brains....Pages 382-415
Specificity and Plasticity in Interhemispheric Integration: Evidence from Callosal Agenesis....Pages 416-441
Hemispheric Functions Evaluated by Measurements of the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow....Pages 442-453
Interhemispheric Interaction: Models, Paradigms and Recent Findings....Pages 454-465
Neuroanatomical Aspects of Hemisphere Specialization in Humans....Pages 466-495
Back Matter....Pages 497-499