Cerebral Lateralization: Biological Mechanisms, Associations, and Pathology

by Norman Geschwind and Albert M. Galaburda

Book Overview

Cerebral Lateralization is Norman Geschwind's last and perhaps most controversial work. Cowritten with Albert M. Galaburda, it presents his bold theory of left-handedness and brain development, exploring as no other current study has done the biology behind cerebral dominance or the specialization of the left and right sides of the brain for different functions. This book, which illustrates and expands material that appeared in three issues of The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071010
• ISBN13: 9780262071017
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.