1st Edition
Axonal Conduction Time and Human Cerebral Laterality A Psycological Theory
By Robert Miller
Copyright 1996
262 Pages
by
CRC Press
262 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Axonal Conduction Time and Human Cerebral Laterality-A Psychobiological Theory; takes a detailed look at the hypothesis that the psychological difference between the left and right hemispheres of the brain has a definite neurological basis. There is a multitude of literature concerning the difference between the two hemispheres of the brain but none which suggest a biological explanation. This... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Physical Nature of Linguistic Signals 3. The Representation of Temporal Structure in the Dynamics of Neural Networks 4. Biological Predictions from the Conduction Delay Hypothesis of Cerebral Lateralization 5. Perceptual Aspects of Laterilization: Theory and Predictions 6. Empirical Evidence on the Difference Between Left and Right Hemispheres in Perceptual Processes 7. Lateralization in the Contents of Memory 8. Motor Aspects of Lateralization: Theory and Predictions 9. Motor Aspects of Lateralization: Evidence for Evaluation of the Hypotheses of Chapter 8 10. Laterality Effects for Higher Cognitive Processes: Short Term Memory, Attention and Alertness, and Emotion 11. Correlations Between Different Aspects of Lateralization, and with Gender 12. Summary, Synopsis of Predictions, and Concluding Remarks
Biography
Robert Miller studied physiology and neuroscience at Oxford and went on to do post-graduate studies at Glasgow University. He has been a lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand since 1976 and was made Senior Lecturer in 1980. In 1991 he was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, for his research on schizophrenia. Early; in his career he conducted research in experimental neuroscience but he has since moved away; from direct involvement, taking a library-based, theoretical approach to the forebrain.
