How speech asymmetry shaped the brain

European Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-89

  Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Westerhausen, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Corpus callosum; Hemispheric asymmetry; Lateralization; Speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549160424     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.14.1.78     Document Type: Article

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