The second edition of The Lateralized Brain provides for readers a volume detailing the functional and structural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, highlighting how the widespread use of modern neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and DTI have completely changed the way hemispheric asymmetries are currently investigated.
In this new edition, all chapters have been updated with recent advances in the field, and a new chapter on hemispheric asymmetries in development and aging has been integrated. Also featured is a new, larger section on laterality in social behavior, alongside a comprehensive overview about key topics in laterality research, including its history, evolutionary perspectives, brain structure, and the role of the corpus callosum. Chapters cover functional hemispheric asymmetries in language processing, motor behavior, spatial attention, self- and face-perception, emotion processing, and social behavior. Additional topics include the ontogenesis of hemispheric asymmetries and their development over the life span, as well as sex differences and associations with clinical syndromes. This volume can be used by anyone working on hemispheric biology or in courses on hemispheric asymmetries.
1. The Lateralized Brain - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Table Of Contents - p. vii 7. About the authors - p. xi 8. Foreword by Lesley J. Rogers - p. xiii 9. Foreword to the first edition by Giorgio Vallortigara - p. xv 10. Preface to the second edition - p. xix 11. Preface to the first edition - p. xxi 12. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 13. Chapter 1 Brain asymmetries—two millennia of speculation, research, and discoveries - p. 1 14. Chapter 2 Evolution of asymmetries - p. 29 15. Chapter 3 The connected hemispheres—the role of the corpus callosum for hemispheric asymmetries - p. 63 16. Chapter 4 Structural hemispheric asymmetries - p. 95 17. Chapter 5 Language and the left hemisphere - p. 129 18. Chapter 6 Handedness and other behavioral asymmetries - p. 167 19. Chapter 7 Spatial attention, neglect, and the right hemisphere - p. 211 20. Chapter 8 Recognizing yourself and others—the role of the right hemisphere for face and self-perception - p. 241 21. Chapter 9 Hemispheric asymmetries in emotion processing and social behaviors - p. 271 22. Chapter 10 Ontogenesis of hemispheric asymmetries - p. 307 23. Chapter 11 Hemispheric asymmetries over the lifespan: development and aging - p. 337 24. Chapter 12 Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetries - p. 363 25. Chapter 13 Altered hemispheric asymmetries in neurodevelopmental, mental, and neurological disorders - p. 391 26. Index - p. 427
The second edition of The Lateralized Brain provides for readers a volume detailing the functional and structural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, highlighting how the widespread use of modern neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and DTI have completely changed the way hemispheric asymmetries are currently investigated.
In this new edition, all chapters have been updated with recent advances in the field, and a new chapter on hemispheric asymmetries in development and aging has been integrated. Also featured is a new, larger section on laterality in social behavior, alongside a comprehensive overview about key topics in laterality research, including its history, evolutionary perspectives, brain structure, and the role of the corpus callosum. Chapters cover functional hemispheric asymmetries in language processing, motor behavior, spatial attention, self- and face-perception, emotion processing, and social behavior. Additional topics include the ontogenesis of hemispheric asymmetries and their development over the life span, as well as sex differences and associations with clinical syndromes. This volume can be used by anyone working on hemispheric biology or in courses on hemispheric asymmetries.
1. The Lateralized Brain - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Table Of Contents - p. vii 7. About the authors - p. xi 8. Foreword by Lesley J. Rogers - p. xiii 9. Foreword to the first edition by Giorgio Vallortigara - p. xv 10. Preface to the second edition - p. xix 11. Preface to the first edition - p. xxi 12. Acknowledgments - p. xxiii 13. Chapter 1 Brain asymmetries—two millennia of speculation, research, and discoveries - p. 1 14. Chapter 2 Evolution of asymmetries - p. 29 15. Chapter 3 The connected hemispheres—the role of the corpus callosum for hemispheric asymmetries - p. 63 16. Chapter 4 Structural hemispheric asymmetries - p. 95 17. Chapter 5 Language and the left hemisphere - p. 129 18. Chapter 6 Handedness and other behavioral asymmetries - p. 167 19. Chapter 7 Spatial attention, neglect, and the right hemisphere - p. 211 20. Chapter 8 Recognizing yourself and others—the role of the right hemisphere for face and self-perception - p. 241 21. Chapter 9 Hemispheric asymmetries in emotion processing and social behaviors - p. 271 22. Chapter 10 Ontogenesis of hemispheric asymmetries - p. 307 23. Chapter 11 Hemispheric asymmetries over the lifespan: development and aging - p. 337 24. Chapter 12 Sex differences in hemispheric asymmetries - p. 363 25. Chapter 13 Altered hemispheric asymmetries in neurodevelopmental, mental, and neurological disorders - p. 391 26. Index - p. 427
