Mechanisms and functions of brain and behavioural asymmetries
Mechanisms and functions of brain and behavioural asymmetries by Luca Tommasi
English | 2009 | ISBN: 085403739X | 177 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB
English | 2009 | ISBN: 085403739X | 177 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB
Behavioural asymmetries are widespread in the animal kingdom. There is growing evidence of population level lateralization in vertebrate and invertebrate species, both in motor behaviour (i.e. handedness) and in perception and attention (i.e. biases towards the left or right side of sensory stimuli). These behavioural asymmetries are supported by asymmetries in brain structures and functions, whose nature and development are the object of converging interest in the life and cognitive sciences.
The research and review papers presented in the issue, offer a range of examples on how an integrated approach to lateralization, taking into account genetics, developmental biology, neuroscience and behaviour, is helping to understand the complex evolutionary history of this phenomenon
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