| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Series of books in psychology
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-360) and index. |
| Contents |
Early evidence from the clinic : the discovery of asymmmetry -- The human split brain : surgical separation of the hemispheres -- Asymmetries in the normal brain -- Measuring the brain and its activity : physiological correlation of asymmetry -- The puzzle of the left-hander -- Further evidence from the clinic : aphasia, apraxia, agnosia -- Further insights from the clinic : neglect, amnesia, music and emotion -- Sex and asymmetry -- Phylogeny and ontogeny : the evolution and development of asymmetry -- Asymmetry's role in developmental disabilities and psychiatric illness -- Hemisphericity, education and altered states -- Concluding hypotheses and speculations. |
| Subject |
Cerebral dominance.
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Brain -- Localization of functions.
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Left and right (Psychology)
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| Added Author |
Deutsch, Georg.
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| ISBN |
0716723727 |
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0716723735 (pbk.) |
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