The evolution of hemispheric specializations of the human brain

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 379-394

  Corballis, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Bilateral symmetry; Bilateria; Directional asymmetry; Hemispheric specialization; Lateral specialization; Lateralized functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249116290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00021-5     Document Type: Chapter

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