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Language lateralization and psychosis

Author: Iris E C Sommer; René S Kahn
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series: Cambridge medicine.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Illustrates important fundamental aspects of cerebral lateralization, explaining how decreased language lateralization can facilitate psychotic symptoms in the human brain.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Iris E C Sommer; René S Kahn
ISBN: 9780521882842 0521882842
OCLC Number: 244767384
Description: ix, 204 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Asymmetry, Handedness and Language Lateralization: 1. Molecular mechanisms establishing consistent left-right asymmetry during vertebrate embryogenesis Sherry Aw and Michael Levin; 2. Cerebral lateralization in animal species Onur Gunturkun; 3. The history and geography of human handedness I. C. McManus; 4. The association between hand preference and language lateralization Bianca Stubbe-Drager and Stefan Knecht; 5. The genetic basis of lateralization Marian Annett; 6. Language lateralization and handedness in twins; an argument against a genetic basis? Iris E. C. Sommer and Rene S. Kahn; 7. Sex differences in handedness and language lateralization Iris E. C. Sommer and Rene S. Kahn; Part II. Language Lateralization and Psychosis: 8. Hand-preference and population schizotypy Metten Somers, Iris E. C. Sommer and Rene S. Kahn; 9. Functional imaging studies on language lateralization in schizophrenia patients Annick Razafimandimby, Olivier Maiza and Sonia Dollfus; 10. The role of the right hemisphere for language in schizophrenia Alexander Rapp; 11. Auditory verbal hallucinations and language lateralization Kelly Diederen and Iris E. C. Sommer; 12. Language lateralization in patients with Formal Thought Disorder Carin Whitney and Tilo Kircher; 13. LRRTM1: a maternally suppressed genetic effect on handedness and schizophrenia Clyde Francks.
Series Title: Cambridge medicine.
Responsibility: edited by Iris E.C. Sommer, René S. Kahn.

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'... intriguing and interesting ... a welcome addition to the field. ... a fascinating theory ... an excellent and absorbing new book on the importance of cerebral laterality to psychotic disorders. Read more...

 
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