Lateralization and cognitive systems

• Main Author: Onur Gunturkun (auth)
• Other Authors: Sebastian Ocklenburg (auth), Christian Beste (auth), Marco Hirnstein (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; lateralization; Brain; Language; handedness; hemispheric asymmetry; Executive Function; brain structure; laterality
• Online Access: 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...