Edited by Lesley J. Rogers University of New England Richard J. Andrew University of Sussex Cambridge University Press 2002 FROM THE BACK COVER No longer viewed as a characteristic unique to humans, brain lateralization is considered a key property of most, if not all, vertebrates. This field of study provides a firm basis from which to examine a number of important issues in the study of brain and behaviour. In addition to neuroscience, it has implications in developmental biology, genetics, ethology, and comparative psychology. This book takes a comparative and integrative approach to lateralization in a wide range of vertebrate species, including humans. It highlights model systems that have proved invaluable in elucidating the function, causes, development, and evolution of lateralization. The book is arranged in four parts, beginning with the evolution of lateralization, moving to its development, to its cognitive dimensions, and finally to its role in memory. Experts in lateralization in lower vertebrates, birds, non-primate mammals, and primates have contributed chapters in which they discuss their own research and consider its implications to humans. This is the first book to take a definitive look at lateralization in a truly comparative context. Researchers, graduates, and advanced undergraduates in psychology, neuroscience, and the behavioural sciences will find this an important and authoritative text. Lesley J. Rogers is Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour at the University of New England. Richard J. Andrew is Professor Emeritus of Animal Behaviour at the University of Sussex. CONTENTS List of contributors vii Preface ix Introduction 1 L. J. Rogers and R. J. Andrew Part one: Evolution of lateralization 7 1. How ancient is brain lateralization? 9 G. Vallortigara and A. Bisazza 2. The earliest origins and subsequent evolution of lateralization 70 R. J. Andrew 3. The nature of lateralization in tetrapods 94 R. J. Andrew and L. J. Rogers 4. Advantages and disadvantages of lateralization 126 L. J. Rogers Part two: Development of lateralization 155 5. Behavioural development and lateralization 157 R. J. Andrew 6. Factors affecting the development of lateralization in chicks 206 C. Deng and L. J. Rogers 7. Ontogeny of visual asymmetry in pigeons 247 O. Gunturkun 8. Development of laterality and the role of the corpus callosum in rodents and humans 274 P. E. Cowell and V. H. Denenberg 9. Posture and laterality in human and non-human primates: Asymmetries in maternal handling and the infant's early motor asymmetries 306 E. Damerose and J. Vauclair Part three: Cognition and lateralization 363 10. Evidence for cerebral lateralization from senses other than vision 365 R. J. Andrew and J. A. S. Watkins 11. Facing an obstacle: Lateralization of object and spatial cognition 383 G. Vallortigara and L. Regolin 12. Laterality of communicative behaviours in non-human primates: A critical analysis 445 W. D. Hopkins and S. Fernandez Carriba 13. Specialized processing of primate facial and vocal expressions: Evidence for cerebral asymmetries 480 D. J. Weiss, A. A. Ghazanfar, C. T. Miller and M. D. Hauser Part four: Lateralization and memory 531 14. Memory and lateralized recall 533 A. N. B. Johnston and S. P. R. Rose 15. Memory formation and brain lateralization 582 R. J. Andrew Epilogue 634 R. J. Andrew and L. J. Rogers Author index 641 Subject index 655 WHERE TO ORDER Cambridge University Press 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011-4211, USA Phone: 1-800-872-7423 Fax: 914-937-4712 Web site: http://www.cambridge.org Price: $120.00(Hardbound) ISBN: 0-521-78161-2 Posted date: 10-01-02
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