The evolution of hemispheric specialization in primates / edited by William D. Hopkins.

Other author Hopkins, William D.
Other author American Society of Primatologists.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoLondon, UK ; Burlington, MA : Academic Press,
Descriptionxiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences 2008
Subjects

SeriesSpecial topics in primatology, 1936-8526 ; v. 5
Special topics in primatology, v. 5. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Preface / William D. Hopkins -- Cerebral asymmetry and human uniqueness / Michael C. Corballis -- Lateralization in its many forms, and its evolution and development / Lesley J. Rogers -- Present status of the postural origins theory / Peter F. MacNeilage -- Microstructural asymmetries of the cerebral cortex in humans and other mammals / Natalie M. Schenker ... [et al.] -- Functional and structural asymmetries for auditory perception and vocal production in nonhuman primates / Jared P. Taglialatela -- Handedness and neuroanatomical asymmetries in captive chimpanzees : a summary of 15 years of research / William D. Hopkins, ... [et al.] -- Perceptual and motor lateralization in two species of baboons / Jacques Vauclair and Adrien Meguerditchian -- Factors affecting manual laterality in tufted capuchins (Cebus apella) / Giovanna Spinozzi -- Prosimian primates as models of laterality / Sheree L. Watson and David B. Hanbury -- The biological correlates of hand preference in rhesus macaques / Sue Howell, J. Dee Higley and Gregory C. Westergaard.
General note"Published on behalf of the American Society of Primatologists"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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