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Zusatztext 'It is impossible to do justice to the extraordinarily high quality of this book in the space available here. The authors have produced a monograph of astonishing scope! without sacrifice of rigor. The book is a landmark contribution to comparative neurobiology and cognitive neuroscience. There is no doubt in my mind that it will constitute the gold standard for attempts to synthesize knowledge on animal brain asymmetry for the foreseeable future. This remarkable book will make obsolete the typical introductory psychology textbook! with a single chapter on hemispheric specialization! unrelated to the content of the rest of the book.' Peter F. MacNeilage! Animal Behaviour Informationen zum Autor Lesley J. Rogers is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, she has made outstanding contributions to understanding brain development and behaviour, including the discovery of lateralization in the chick forebrain at a time when lateralization was thought to be unique to humans. Her publications, numbering over 450, include 16 books and over 200 scientific papers and book chapters, mainly in the field of brain and behaviour with a focus on development and lateralization. She has received a number of awards for excellence in research, including a Special Investigator Award from the Australian Research Council, an Australian Centenary Medal, and the Clarke Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales. Giorgio Vallortigara is Professor of Neuroscience at the Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy. His research includes the study of spatial cognition in the avian brain, number and object cognition in animals and lateralization of cognition. He discovered functional brain asymmetry in the so-called 'lower' vertebrate species. Richard J. Andrew is Emeritus Professor at the School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. He has worked extensively on lateralized processes in memory formation in chicks and on behavioural transitions during early development. At present he uses zebrafish to explore the role of brain asymmetries in the generation of lateralized behaviour. Klappentext Discusses brain asymmetry from four perspectives - function, evolution, development and causation - covering a wide range of species, including humans. Zusammenfassung Summarising the evidence and highlighting research from the last twenty years! this book examines brain asymmetry from four perspectives - function! evolution! development and causation. It covers a wide range of animals! including humans! and integrates research from the fields of neuroscience! psychology! behaviour and evolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Function; 3. Evolution; 4. Development; 5. Causation; 6. Applications and future directions; References; Index....
