Brain asymmetry: Evolution

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 303-311

  Toga, A W ^a   Narr, K L ^a   Thompson, P M ^a   Luders, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Cortex; Evolution; Handedness; Hemispheres; Hemispheric specialization; Imaging; Language; Lateralization; Magnetic resonance imaging; Petalia; Planum temporale; Shape; Sylvian fissure; Torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876046122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00936-0     Document Type: Chapter

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