Left brain, right brain / Sally P. Springer, Georg Deutsch.

  • Springer, Sally P., 1947-
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[1993], ©1993
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Publication/Creation

New York : W.H. Freeman, [1993], ©1993.

Physical description

xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition

4th ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-360) and index

Contents

Early evidence from the clinic : the discovery of asymmetry -- The human split brain : surgical separation of the hemispheres -- Asymmetries in the normal brain -- Measuring the brain and its activity : physiological correlates of asymmetry -- The puzzle of the left-hander -- Further evidence from the clinic : aphasia, apraxia, agnosia -- Further insights from the clinic : neglect, amnesia, music and emotion -- Sex and asymmetry -- Phylogeny and ontogeny : the evolution and development of asymmetry -- Asymmetry's role in developmental disabilities and psychiatric illness -- Hemisphericity, education and altered states -- Concluding hypotheses and speculations.

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  • 0716723727
  • 0716723735