Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization

by Edited by Lesley J. Rogers , Richard Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780521787000
• ISBN10: 0521787009
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-28
• 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	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Evolution of lateralization	p. 7
How ancient is brain lateralization?	p. 9
The earliest origins and subsequent evolution of lateralization	p. 70
The nature of lateralization in tetrapods	p. 94
Advantages and disadvantages of lateralization	p. 126
Development of lateralization	p. 155
Behavioural development and lateralization	p. 157
Factors affecting the development of lateralization in chicks	p. 206
Ontogeny of visual asymmetry in pigeons	p. 247
Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum in rodents and humans	p. 274
Posture and laterality in human and non-human primates: Asymmetries in maternal handling and the infant's early motor asymmetries	p. 306
Cognition and lateralization	p. 363
Evidence for cerebral lateralization from senses other than vision	p. 365
Facing an obstacle: Lateralization of object and spatial cognition	p. 383
Laterality of communicative behaviours in non-human primates: A critical analysis	p. 445
Specialized processing of primate facial and vocal expressions: Evidence for cerebral asymmetries	p. 480
Lateralization and memory	p. 531
Memory and lateralized recall	p. 533
Memory formation and brain lateralization	p. 582
Epilogue	p. 634
Author index	p. 641
Subject index	p. 655
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