Keywords:
Corpus callosum.
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Brain-Localization of functions.
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Laterality.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Originally published in 1986, this title demonstrates how popular topics within psychology at the time, such as laterality, hemisphere differences and the psychology of left and right, are central to further progress in understanding the human brain.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780429954832
Series Statement:
Psychology Library Editions: Neuropsychology Series ; v.2
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5583116
DDC:
612.82
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Lists of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: What is the 'brain code'? -- 1 Introduction -- The brain code and the neuron code -- Evolution of the brain - the Vertical' dimension -- Bilateral symmetry - the 'horizontal' dimension -- First steps toward the brain code -- Why is there bilateral asymmetry of function in the human brain? -- What is the right hemisphere doing? -- Summary -- 2 Brain structures involved in interhemispheric communication -- The neocortex -- How the brain sees: retinotopic maps -- The brain's body image: somatotopic maps -- How the brain hears: tonotopic maps -- Two-dimensional mapping -- The brainstem -- The corpus callosum -- Summary -- 3 Functions of the corpus callosum -- Current ideas concerning callosal function -- The topographical excitatory hypothesis -- The diffuse inhibitory hypothesis -- The diffuse excitatory hypothesis -- The topographical inhibitory hypothesis -- Further development of the topographical inhibitory hypothesis -- Approximate bilateral symmetry of the cerebral hemispheres -- Columnar organization of the neocortex -- Homotopic callosal connections -- Callosal inhibition -- Unilateral superiority of one hemisphere for speech -- Cortical surround inhibition -- Bilaterally symmetrical subcortical mechanism of arousal -- Computer simulation of callosal effects -- Summary -- 4 Neuropsychological implications of callosal function -- Normal functions of the corpus callosum in the intact brain -- Indications of callosal functions in abnormal brains -- Unilateral brain damage -- Surgical section of the corpus callosum -- Agenesis of the corpus callosum -- Summary -- 5 Major themes of cerebral laterality -- Language -- Visuospatial functions -- Musical functions -- The Japanese language.
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Can other hemispheric dichotomies be related to 'focus-context'? -- Conclusions -- 6 Relevant animal experiments -- Association cortex and the intrahemispheric convergence of sensory pathways -- Mirror-image transfers across the forebrain commissures -- The unilateral engram -- Cerebral dominance in animals -- Binocular depth perception and the role of the corpus callosum -- 7 A theoretical framework for the study of the brain code -- How are natural systems organized? -- The atomic system -- The cellular system -- The animal organism -- The atomic code and the genetic code -- The brain code -- Systemic pathology -- Summary -- 8 Conclusions -- The evolutionary context -- Implications for artificial intelligence -- Final remarks -- Appendix 1 Maps of the cerebral cortex -- Appendix 2 Computer simulations -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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