Handedness and Developmental Disorder
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-521-41195-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a comprehensive and readable account of theoretical aspects of the origins and normal development of handedness and its relationship to cerebral lateralization. It reviews the evidence for links between non-right-handedness and various developmental disorders: mental impairment, autism, epilepsy, and disorders of spoken and written language. The emphasis is on understanding the range of underlying mechanisms that might lead to associations between handedness and disorder and on identifying assessment procedures that can distinguish between different explanations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-41195-0 (9780521411950)
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Previous edition
D. V. M. Bishop
Handedness and Development
Book
11/1990
1st Edition
Mac Keith Press
€46.04
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Content
Acknowledgements; Foreword Paul Satz; 1. Why handedness?; 2. Handedness and cerebral lateralization; 3. The genetics of handedness; 4. The development of handedness; 5. The definition and measurement of handedness; 6. Cognitive correlates of handedness; 7. Early brain damage and pathological left-handedness; 8. Epilepsy; 9. Mental impairment; 10. Autism and rett syndrome; 11. Specific reading retardation (developmental dyslexia); 12. Specific developmental disorders of speech and language; 13. Stuttering; 14. Handedness, hormones and developmental disorders; 15. Conclusions and clinical implications; Appendix; References; Author index; Subject index.