Vocal learners such as humans and songbirds can learn to produce elaborate patterns of
structurally organized vocalizations, whereas many other vertebrates such as non-human …

In the human brain, distinct functions tend to be localized in the left or right hemispheres,
with language ability usually localized predominantly in the left and spatial recognition in the …

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major
advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what …

A new framework for maintaining mental health and well-being. From the author of the
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" The question for me is how can the human mind occur in the physical universe. We now
know that the world is governed by physics. We now understand the way biology nestles …

Awareness, mirror neurons, and neural plasticity in the development of well-being silient”
approach" that examines the independent fields of knowing to find the common principles …

Research on avian cognitive neuroscience over the past two decades has revealed the
avian brain to be a better model for understanding human cognition than previously thought …

There is considerable debate about whether population-level asymmetries in limb
preferences are uniquely human or are a common feature among vertebrates. In the present …

Higher cognitive function depends on accurate detection and processing of subtle features
of sensory stimuli. Such precise computations require neural circuits to be modulated over …

The avian brain is functionally lateralized. Different strategies of choice (within and between
modalities) are adopted by each hemisphere. Visual lateralization has been studied most …