Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization

by Edited by Lesley J. Rogers , Richard Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780521781619
• ISBN10: 0521781612
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 consider its implications to humans.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
L. J. Rogers
R. J. Andrew
Part one: Evolution of lateralization	7	(148)
How ancient is brain lateralization?	9	(61)
G. Vallortigara
A. Bisazza
The earliest origins and subsequent evolution of lateralization	70	(24)
R. J. Andrew
The nature of lateralization in tetrapods	94	(32)
R. J. Andrew
L. J. Rogers
Advantages and disadvantages of lateralization	126	(29)
L. J. Rogers
Part two: Development of lateralization	155	(208)
Behavioural development and lateralization	157	(49)
R. J. Andrew
Factors affecting the development of lateralization in chicks	206	(41)
C. Deng
L. J. Rogers
Ontogeny of visual asymmetry in pigeons	247	(27)
O. Gunturkun
Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum in rodents and human	274	(32)
P. E. Cowell
V. H. Denenberg
Posture and laterality in human and non-human primates: Asymmetries in maternal handling and the infant's early motor asymmetries	306	(57)
E. Damerose
J. Vauclair
Part three: Cognition and lateralization	363	(168)
Evidence for cerebral lateralization from senses other than vision	365	(18)
R. J. Andrew
J. A. S. Watkins
Facing an obstacle: Lateralization of object and spatial cognition	383	(62)
G. Vallortigara
L. Regolin
Laterality of communicative behaviours in non-human primates: A critical analysis	445	(35)
W. D. Hopkins
S. Fernandez Carriba
Specialized processing of primate facial and vocal expressions: Evidence for cerebral asymmetries	480	(51)
D. J. Weiss
A. A. Ghazanfar
C. T. Miller
M. D. Hauser
Part four: Lateralization and memory	531	(103)
Memory and lateralized recall	533	(49)
A. N. B. Johnston
S. P. R. Rose
Memory formation and brain lateralization	582	(52)
R. J. Andrew
Epilogue	634	(7)
R. J. Andrew
L. J. Rogers
Author index	641	(14)
Subject index	655