Lateralized Brain Functions: Methods in Human and Non-Human Species
Author: Lesley J. Rogers
Publisher: Neuromethods
Published: 2019-02
Total Pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9781493982837
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The Lateralized Brain
Author: Sebastian Ocklenburg
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2017-11-16
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 012803453X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lateralized Brain: The Neuroscience and Evolution of Hemispheric Asymmetries is an up-to-date teaching resource for neuroscience faculty members that teach courses concerning hemispheric asymmetries. The book provides students with all relevant information on the subject, while also giving aspiring researchers in the field an up-to-date overview of relevant, previous work. It is ideal for courses on hemispheric asymmetries, that is, the functional or structural differences between the left and the right hemispheres of the brain, and also highlights how the widespread use of modern neuroimaging techniques, such as fMRI and DTI has completely changed the way hemispheric asymmetries are currently investigated. According to the preface, the main aim of The Lateralized Brain is to provide "an up-to-date teaching resource on hemispheric asymmetries ... [and] to introduce undergraduate students of all levels to the fascinating topics of hemispheric asymmetries" (p. xv)... (Sebastian Ocklenburg and Onur Güntürkün) have succeeded admirably in their stated aim and are to be congratulated on undertaking the mammoth task they set themselves. They can be proud of what they have accomplished.~ Alan A. Beaton, Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, in Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, July, 2018. - Includes references to key articles, books, protocols and online resources for additional, detailed study - Presents classic studies that helped define the field - Covers key concepts and methods that are explained in separate call out boxes for quick overview - Provides introductory short stories (e.g. classic clinical cases) as a starting point for each chapter
Comparative Vertebrate Cognition
Author: Lesley J. Rogers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1441989137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the `special' capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the higher cognitive abilities of other mammals and also birds challenge the concept that primates are special and even the view that the cognitive ability of apes is more advanced than that of nonprimate mammals and birds. It is therefore timely to ask whether primates are, in fact, special and to do so from a broad range of perspectives. Divided into five sections this book deals with topics about higher cognition and how it is manifested in different species, and also considers aspects of brain structure that might be associated with complex behavior.
Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development
Author: Sam Goldstein
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-11-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 038777579X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference work breaks new ground as an electronic resource. Utterly comprehensive, it serves as a repository of knowledge in the field as well as a frequently updated conduit of new material long before it finds its way into standard textbooks.
Amobarbital Effects and Lateralized Brain Function
Author: David W. Loring
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 1461228743
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe intracarotid amobarbital (or Amytal) procedure is commonly referred to as the Wada test in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician who devised the technique and performed the fIrst basic animal research and clinical studies with this method. Wada testing has become an integral part of the pre operative evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Interestingly, however, Wada initially developed this method as a technique to assess language dominance in psychiatric patients in order that electroconvulsant therapy could be applied unilaterally to the non-dominant hemisphere. Epilepsy surgery has matured as a viable treatment for intractable seizures and is no longer confmed to a few major universities and medical institutes. Yet, as is increasingly clear by examining the surveys of approaches used by epilepsy surgery centers (e.g., Rausch, 1987; Snyder, Novelly, & Harris, 1990), there is not only great heterogeneity in the methods used during Wada testing to assess language and memory functions, but there also seems to be a lack of consensus regarding the theoretical assumptions, and perhaps, even the goals of this procedure.
Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Connectomics of the Brain
Author: Henry Kennedy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 3319277774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book has brought together leading investigators who work in the new arena of brain connectomics. This includes ‘macro-connectome’ efforts to comprehensively chart long-distance pathways and functional networks; ‘micro-connectome’ efforts to identify every neuron, axon, dendrite, synapse, and glial process within restricted brain regions; and ‘meso-connectome’ efforts to systematically map both local and long-distance connections using anatomical tracers. This book highlights cutting-edge methods that can accelerate progress in elucidating static ‘hard-wired’ circuits of the brain as well as dynamic interactions that are vital for brain function. The power of connectomic approaches in characterizing abnormal circuits in the many brain disorders that afflict humankind is considered. Experts in computational neuroscience and network theory provide perspectives needed for synthesizing across different scales in space and time. Altogether, this book provides an integrated view of the challenges and opportunities in deciphering brain circuits in health and disease.
Hemispheric Asymmetry
Author: Joseph B. Hellige
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780674005594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs "right-brain" thought essentially creative, and "left-brain" strictly logical? Joseph B. Hellige argues that this view is far too simplistic. Surveying extensive data in the field of cognitive science, he disentangles scientific facts from popular assumptions about the brain's two hemispheres. In Hemispheric Asymmetry, Hellige explains that the "right brain" and "left brain" are actually components of a much larger cognitive system encompassing cortical and subcortical structures, all of which interact to produce unity of thought and action. He further explores questions of whether hemispheric asymmetry is unique to humans, and how it might have evolved. This book is a valuable overview of hemispheric asymmetry and its evolutionary precedents.
Left Brain, Right Brain
Author: Sally P. Springer
Publisher:
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780716712695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDivided Brains
Author: Lesley J. Rogers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-01-17
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1107005353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses brain asymmetry from four perspectives - function, evolution, development and causation - covering a wide range of species, including humans.
Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain
Author: M Bryden
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0323155421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaterality: Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain focuses on brain function and laterality as well as the various methods in assessing behavioral asymmetries, including handedness. It reviews the literature on perceptual-cognitive laterality effects in different sensory modalities, the lateralization of emotion and motor behavior, and the electrophysiological evidence. It also highlights some of the problems with the existing research and offers suggestions about the direction of future research. Organized into 17 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of cerebral asymmetry and the origins and mechanisms of lateralization. Then, it discusses the individual differences in laterality, methods and measurement used in laterality studies, and experiments on dichotic listening and auditory lateralization. The next chapters focus on the link between verbal laterality and handedness, tactual and perceptual laterality, asymmetry of motor performance, lateralization of emotional processes, and physiological measures of asymmetry. The book also introduces the handedness and its relation to cerebral function, genetics of laterality, development of cerebral lateralization, individual differences in cerebral organization, sex differences in laterality, reading- and language-related deficits, and control of the active hemisphere before concluding with a chapter discussing the experimental or strategy effects, the concept of complementary specialization, and the dichotomy between the two hemispheres of the brain. This book is a valuable resource for neuropsychologists, experimental psychologists, neurologists, and educators interested in understanding human brain function.
