Survival with an asymmetrical brain: advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization

G Vallortigara, L Rogers - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2005 - cambridge.org
the claim of consistent hemispheric specialisations across classes of chordates is
undermined by the absence of population-based directional asymmetry of paw/hand use in …

[HTML][HTML] Ontogenesis of lateralization

O Güntürkün, S Ocklenburg - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The brains of humans and other animals are asymmetrically organized, but we still know
little about the ontogenetic and neural fundaments of lateralizations. Here, we review the …

Cerebral asymmetry and the effects of sex and handedness on brain structure: a voxel-based morphometric analysis of 465 normal adult human brains

CD Good, I Johnsrude, J Ashburner, RNA Henson… - Neuroimage, 2001 - Elsevier
We used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to examine human brain asymmetry and the
effects of sex and handedness on brain structure in 465 normal adults. We observed …

[图书][B] The lateralized brain: The neuroscience and evolution of hemispheric asymmetries

S Ocklenburg, O Güntürkün - 2024 - books.google.com
The second edition of The Lateralized Brain provides for readers a volume detailing the
functional and structural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain …

From mouth to hand: gesture, speech, and the evolution of right-handedness

MC Corballis - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2003 - cambridge.org
The strong predominance of right-handedness appears to be a uniquely human
characteristic, whereas the left-cerebral dominance for vocalization occurs in many species …

Asymmetry of the brain: development and implications

V Duboc, P Dufourcq, P Blader… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Although the left and right hemispheres of our brains develop with a high degree of
symmetry at both the anatomical and functional levels, it has become clear that subtle …

Structural asymmetries in the human brain: a voxel-based statistical analysis of 142 MRI scans

KE Watkins, T Paus, JP Lerch, A Zijdenbos… - Cerebral …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The use of computational approaches in the analysis of highresolution magnetic resonance
images (MRI) of the human brain provides a powerful tool for in vivo studies of brain …

[HTML][HTML] Left–right asymmetry in embryonic development: a comprehensive review

M Levin - Mechanisms of development, 2005 - Elsevier
Embryonic morphogenesis occurs along three orthogonal axes. While the patterning of the
anterior–posterior and dorsal–ventral axes has been increasingly well characterized, the left …

Symmetry breaking and the evolution of development

AR Palmer - Science, 2004 - science.org
Because of its simplicity, the binary-switch nature of left-right asymmetry permits meaningful
comparisons among many different organisms. Phylogenetic analyses of asymmetry …

Early asymmetry of gene transcription in embryonic human left and right cerebral cortex

T Sun, C Patoine, A Abu-Khalil, J Visvader, E Sum… - Science, 2005 - science.org
The human left and right cerebral hemispheres are anatomically and functionally
asymmetric. To test whether human cortical asymmetry has a molecular basis, we studied …