An evolutionary perspective on hemispheric asymmetries

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 112-117

  Corballis, Paul M ^a   Funnell, Margaret G ^a   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0034213676     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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