Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g
Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate Asymmetries
Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g
Reihe: Recent Research in Psychology
ISBN: 978-0-387-97961-8
Verlag: Springer
This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Beuteltiere (Monotremen)
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Meeres- und Süßwassersäuger
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Handedness in Apes and Monkeys: Some Views From the Past.- 2 Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians.- 3 An Exploration of Manual Preference and Performance in Crabeating Macaques.- 4 Manual Preference in Varieties of Reaching in Squirrel Monkeys.- 5 Cerebral Asymmetry, Interhemispheric Interaction and Handedness: Second Thoughts About Comparative Laterality Research With Nonhuman Primates, About a Theory and Some Preliminary Results.- 6 Manual Preference in Prosimians, Monkeys and Apes.- 7 Lateralized Hand Use in the Precultural Behavior of the Koshima Monkeys (Macaca fuscata).- 8 Manual Specialization in Gorillas and Baboons.- 9 Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees.- 10 Ontogeny of Object Manipulation and Manual Lateralization in the Guinea Baboon: Preliminary Observations.- 11 The Ontogeny of Lateralized Behavior in Nonhuman Primates With Special Reference to Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).- 12 Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas.- 13 Hand Preference for Visually-Guided Reaching in Human Infants and Adults.- 14 Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults.- 15 Implications of Primate Functional Asymmetries for the Evolution of Cerebral Hemispheric Specialization.- Author Index.
