Keywords:
Corpus callosum.
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Brain-Localization of functions.
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Laterality.
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Electronic books.
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.
