1st Edition
Hemispheric Communication Mechanisms and Models
Edited By Frederick L. Kitterle
Copyright 1995
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Psychology Press
392 Pages
by
Routledge
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The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the way in which the two hemispheres of the brain interact. Some chapters address the nature of this interaction, the anatomical substrates that may account for greater or lesser hemispheric interaction, and the role of sex and handedness in hemispheric interaction. Others address the use of different experimental methods and... Read more
Contents: Preface. L.J. Harris, The Corpus Callosum and Hemispheric Communication: An Historical Survey of Theory and Research. S.F. Witelson, Neuroanatomical Bases of Hemispheric Functional Specialization in the Human Brain: Possible Developmental Factors. E. Zaidel, F. Aboitiz, J. Clarke, D. Kaiser, R. Matteson, Sex Differences in Interhemispheric Relations for Language. C. Chiarello, Does the Corpus Callosum Play a Role in the Activation and Suppression of Ambiguous Word Meanings? J. Sergent, Visualizing the Working Cerebral Hemispheres. D.B. Boles, Parameters of the Bilateral Effect. S.D. Christman, Independence versus Integration of Right and Left Hemisphere Processesing: Effects of Handedness. S.C. Levine, Individual Differences in Characteristic Arousal Asymmetry: Implications for Cognitive Functioning. M.T. Banich, Interhemispheric Interaction: Mechanisms of Unified Processing. L.C. Robertson, Hemispheric Specialization and Cooperation in Processing Complex Visual Patterns. F.L. Kitterle, S. Christman, J.S. Conesa, Spatial-Frequency Selectivity in Hemispheric Transfer. J.B. Hellige, Coordinating the Different Processing Biases of the Left and Right Cerebral Hemispheres.
Biography
Frederick L. Kitterle Department of Psychology Stephen F. Austin State University
