Handedness and Developmental Disorder

by Dorothy V.M. Bishop

Book Overview

This book offers a comprehensive and readable account of theoretical aspects of the origins and normal development of handedness and its relationship to cerebral lateralization. It reviews the evidence for links between non-right-handedness and various developmental disorders: mental impairment, autism, epilepsy, and disorders of spoken and written language. The emphasis is on understanding the range of underlying mechanisms that might lead to associations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521411955
• ISBN13: 9780521411950
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"