Primate Laterality
Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate Asymmetries
Published on 25. March 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 356 pages
978-0-387-97961-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1993 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
15 s/w Abbildungen
XII, 356 p. 15 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
563 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-97961-8 (9780387979618)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-4370-0
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Other editions
Additional editions
Jeannette P. Ward | William D. Hopkins
Primate Laterality
Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate Asymmetries
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€96.29
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Content
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.