Neuroevolutionary Mechanisms of Cerebral Asymmetry in Man
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Brain, Behavior and Evolution
- Vol. 20 (3-4) , 196-212
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000121591
Abstract
Cerebral asymmetry in man has by and large been interpreted in terms of differences at the level of hemispheric organization. The inadequacy of a hemispheric interpretation as a biological account of asymmetry is discussed and a model of the neural mechanisms of cerebral asymmetry is developed. The model focuses on the functional organization of the inferior parietal cortex in human and non-human primates and accounts for the evolution and expression of cerebral asymmetry in man in terms of specific adaptations in select neural systems of ancestral primate brains.Keywords
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