Brain asymmetry
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Brain asymmetry can refer to at least two quite distinct findings:
- Neuroanatomical differences between the left and right sides of the brain
- Lateralized functional differences: Lateralization of brain function
Neuroanatomical differences themselves exist on different scales, from neuronal densities, to the size of regions such as the planum temporale, to—at the largest scale—the torsion or "wind" in the human brain, reflected shape of the skull, which reflects a backward (posterior) protrusion of the left occipital bone and a forward (anterior) protrusion of the right frontal bone.[1]
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| Laterality | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Left | Both | Right |
| General | Ambidexterity | ||
| In cognitive abilities | Geschwind–Galaburda hypothesis | ||
| In brain | Brain asymmetry · Dual brain theory · Bicameralism | ||
| In eyes | Ocular dominance | ||
| In hands | Left-handedness | Cross-dominance | Right-handedness |
| Handedness in boxing | Southpaw stance | Orthodox stance | |
| Handedness in people | Musicians · US presidents | ||
| Handedness related to | Sex · Maths | ||
| Handedness measurement | Edinburgh Handedness Inventory | ||
| Handedness genetics | LRRTM1 | ||
| In heart | Levocardia | Dextrocardia | |
| In major viscera | Situs solitus | Situs ambiguus | Situs inversus |
| In feet | Footedness | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Marjorie LeMay (June 1977). "Asymmetries of the skull and handedness. Phrenology revisited". Journal of the Neurological Sciences 32 (2): 243–253. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(77)90239-8. PMID 874523.
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[Game of two halves leads to brain asymmetry http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2009/WTX052905.htm]
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- Arthur W. Toga & Paul M. Thompson (January 2003). "Mapping Brain Asymmetry". Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4 (1): 37–48. doi:10.1038/nrn1009. PMID 12511860. http://www.cogsci.bme.hu/DoCS/oktatas/kurzusok/olvasoszeminarium/2003/brainasymmetry.pdf.
- Marko Wilke and Vincent J. Schmithorst (2006). "A combined bootstrap/histogram analysis approach for computing a lateralization index from neuroimaging data". NeuroImage 33 (2): 522–530. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.07.010. PMID 16938470.
