Cerebral Dominance The Biological Foundations

Geschwind Norman Galaburda Albert M.
Heftet / 1988 / Engelsk

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9780674106598
Publisert
1988-10-15
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Harvard University Press
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408 gr
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UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet
Antall sider
243

Redaktør
Geschwind Norman
Galaburda Albert M.

Biographical note

Norman Geschwind, M.D. (1926–1984), was James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Albert M. Galaburda is Emily Fisher-Landau Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School.

Cerebral Dominance The Biological Foundations

Geschwind Norman Galaburda Albert M.
Heftet / 1988 / Engelsk
Geschwind Norman Galaburda Albert M.
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Well written, conveys a wealth of information in a few hundred pages, and is obviously stimulating. It provides a new perspective for ophthalmic and neurophthalmic investigators and, like any truly new perspective, it comes from an unexpected direction. Geschwind…has left us a rich legacy of which this book is only a part.

- Simmons J. Lessell, Archives of Opthalmology

Clearly written and engaging accounts of state-of-the-art research on relatively precise topics… The result is a stimulating insight into the current status and possible future potential of a burgeoning area of neuroscience.

- J. Graham Beaumont, Biological Psychology

This book is exacting. It requires to be read, not skimmed. The text is conceptually stimulating… Geschwind was undoubtedly one of the most scholarly and creative behavioural neurologists of our epoch. Above all, he was a catalyst. This book should trigger further conceptual and technical advances in the field.

- Freda Newcombe, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Filled with contributions from investigators working at the forefront of knowledge… The chapters are well-written, integrative, state-of-the-art reports.

- Sally P. Springer, Quarterly Review of Biology

This is an exciting collection…that presents a sizeable quantity of background information for this relatively new field of biological investigation… As a guidebook and reference source for future research, this volume may prove invaluable.

- D. Frank Benson, Trends in Neurosciences

Although cerebral dominance, the specialization of each side of the brain for different functions, was discovered in the 1860s, almost nothing was known for many years about its biological foundations, the study of which has undergone what can only be described as a revolution in the past decade and a half.Norman Geschwind and Albert Galaburda, two of the leaders of this new field, have assembled a distinguished group of investigators, each a pioneer in some aspect of the biology of dominance. The authors document human brain asymmetry at gross and microscopic levels in both adults and fetuses, its visualization in life by radiological methods, and its manifestation in brain waves. The evolutionary history of brain asymmetry over more than 300,000 years is shown in fossil skulls of humans and apes. In a dramatic reversal of older beliefs, asymmetry of anatomy, function, and chemistry has been demonstrated in many nonhuman species, and experiments have shown the role of hormones and other prenatal influences in the production of asymmetry. The surprising associations of non-right-handedness with twinning and immune disorders are discussed, as well as the asymmetrical malformation of the cortex in childhood dyslexia.This volume, combining scholarly authority and the excitement of the birth of a new discipline, will be welcomed by those to whom the implications of dominance are becoming evident—neuroscientists, neurologists, linguists, psychologists, experts in learning disorders, speech pathologists—and by specialists in nearly every branch of biology, medicine, and psychology.
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Although cerebral dominance was discovered in the 1860s, almost nothing was known for many years about its biological foundations, the study of which has undergone a revolution in the past decade and a half. Geschwind and Galaburda have assembled a distinguished group of investigators, each a pioneer in some aspect of the biology of dominance.
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1. Historical Introduction Norman Geschwind Part One Brain Asymmetry in Humans 2. Anatomical Asymmetries Albert M. Galaburda 3. Radiological, Developmental, and Fossil Asymmetries Marjorie LeMay 4. A Dendritic Correlate of Human Speech Arnold B. Scheibel 5. Brain Electrical Activity Mapping Frank H. Duffy, Gloria B. McAnulty, and Steven C. Schachter 6. Asymmetrical Lesions in Dyslexia Thomas L. Kemper Part Two Brain Asymmetry in Other Species 7. Learning, Forgetting, and Brain Repair Fernando Nottebohm 8. Behavioral Asymmetry Victor H. Denenberg 9. Age, Sex, and Environmental Influences Marian Cleeves Diamond 10 Functional and Neurochemical Asymmetries Stanley D. Glick and Raymond M. Shapiro 11 Lateralization of Neuroendocrine Control Ida Gerendai 12 Experimental Modification of Gyral Patterns Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic and Pasko Rakic Part Three Biological Associations of Laterality 13 Twinning, Handedness, and the Biology of Symmetry Charles E. Boklage 14 Laterality, Hormones, and Immunity Norman Geschwind and Peter O. Behan Contributors Index
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Well written, conveys a wealth of information in a few hundred pages, and is obviously stimulating. It provides a new perspective for ophthalmic and neurophthalmic investigators and, like any truly new perspective, it comes from an unexpected direction. Geschwind…has left us a rich legacy of which this book is only a part.

- Simmons J. Lessell, Archives of Opthalmology

Clearly written and engaging accounts of state-of-the-art research on relatively precise topics… The result is a stimulating insight into the current status and possible future potential of a burgeoning area of neuroscience.

- J. Graham Beaumont, Biological Psychology

This book is exacting. It requires to be read, not skimmed. The text is conceptually stimulating… Geschwind was undoubtedly one of the most scholarly and creative behavioural neurologists of our epoch. Above all, he was a catalyst. This book should trigger further conceptual and technical advances in the field.

- Freda Newcombe, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Se alle

Filled with contributions from investigators working at the forefront of knowledge… The chapters are well-written, integrative, state-of-the-art reports.

- Sally P. Springer, Quarterly Review of Biology

This is an exciting collection…that presents a sizeable quantity of background information for this relatively new field of biological investigation… As a guidebook and reference source for future research, this volume may prove invaluable.

- D. Frank Benson, Trends in Neurosciences

Although cerebral dominance, the specialization of each side of the brain for different functions, was discovered in the 1860s, almost nothing was known for many years about its biological foundations, the study of which has undergone what can only be described as a revolution in the past decade and a half.Norman Geschwind and Albert Galaburda, two of the leaders of this new field, have assembled a distinguished group of investigators, each a pioneer in some aspect of the biology of dominance. The authors document human brain asymmetry at gross and microscopic levels in both adults and fetuses, its visualization in life by radiological methods, and its manifestation in brain waves. The evolutionary history of brain asymmetry over more than 300,000 years is shown in fossil skulls of humans and apes. In a dramatic reversal of older beliefs, asymmetry of anatomy, function, and chemistry has been demonstrated in many nonhuman species, and experiments have shown the role of hormones and other prenatal influences in the production of asymmetry. The surprising associations of non-right-handedness with twinning and immune disorders are discussed, as well as the asymmetrical malformation of the cortex in childhood dyslexia.This volume, combining scholarly authority and the excitement of the birth of a new discipline, will be welcomed by those to whom the implications of dominance are becoming evident—neuroscientists, neurologists, linguists, psychologists, experts in learning disorders, speech pathologists—and by specialists in nearly every branch of biology, medicine, and psychology.
Les mer
Although cerebral dominance was discovered in the 1860s, almost nothing was known for many years about its biological foundations, the study of which has undergone a revolution in the past decade and a half. Geschwind and Galaburda have assembled a distinguished group of investigators, each a pioneer in some aspect of the biology of dominance.
Les mer
1. Historical Introduction Norman Geschwind Part One Brain Asymmetry in Humans 2. Anatomical Asymmetries Albert M. Galaburda 3. Radiological, Developmental, and Fossil Asymmetries Marjorie LeMay 4. A Dendritic Correlate of Human Speech Arnold B. Scheibel 5. Brain Electrical Activity Mapping Frank H. Duffy, Gloria B. McAnulty, and Steven C. Schachter 6. Asymmetrical Lesions in Dyslexia Thomas L. Kemper Part Two Brain Asymmetry in Other Species 7. Learning, Forgetting, and Brain Repair Fernando Nottebohm 8. Behavioral Asymmetry Victor H. Denenberg 9. Age, Sex, and Environmental Influences Marian Cleeves Diamond 10 Functional and Neurochemical Asymmetries Stanley D. Glick and Raymond M. Shapiro 11 Lateralization of Neuroendocrine Control Ida Gerendai 12 Experimental Modification of Gyral Patterns Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic and Pasko Rakic Part Three Biological Associations of Laterality 13 Twinning, Handedness, and the Biology of Symmetry Charles E. Boklage 14 Laterality, Hormones, and Immunity Norman Geschwind and Peter O. Behan Contributors Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674106598
Publisert
1988-10-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard University Press
Vekt
408 gr
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
243

Redaktør
Geschwind Norman
Galaburda Albert M.

Biographical note

Norman Geschwind, M.D. (1926–1984), was James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Albert M. Galaburda is Emily Fisher-Landau Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School.

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