Lateralization and cognitive systems

• 1. Verfasser: Onur Gunturkun (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Sebastian Ocklenburg (auth), Christian Beste (auth), Marco Hirnstein (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Schriftenreihe: Frontiers Research Topics
• Schlagworte: Psychology; lateralization; Brain; Language; handedness; hemispheric asymmetry; Executive Function; brain structure; laterality
• Online-Zugang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Left-right asymmetries of structure and function are a common organization principle in the brains of humans and non-human vertebrates alike. While there are inherently asymmetric systems such as the human language system or the song system of songbirds, the impact of structural or functional asymme...