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| Document Type: | Book |
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| 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. Anyone wanting to understand more about how psychosis and the functional organization of the brain interact should read this valuable book.' Doody's Notes Read more...
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