Ebook: Primate Laterality: Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate Asymmetries

This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system.

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This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system.

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This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Handedness in Apes and Monkeys: Some Views From the Past....Pages 1-41
Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians....Pages 43-74
An Exploration of Manual Preference and Performance in Crabeating Macaques....Pages 75-105
Manual Preference in Varieties of Reaching in Squirrel Monkeys....Pages 107-124
Cerebral Asymmetry, Interhemispheric Interaction and Handedness: Second Thoughts About Comparative Laterality Research with Nonhuman Primates, About a Theory and Some Preliminary Results....Pages 125-148
Manual Preference in Prosimians, Monkeys and Apes....Pages 149-181
Lateralized Hand Use in the Precultural Behavior of the Koshima Monkeys (Macaca fuscata)....Pages 183-192
Manual Specialization in Gorillas and Baboons....Pages 193-205
Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees....Pages 207-233
Ontogeny of Object Manipulation and Manual Lateralization in the Guinea Baboon: Preliminary Observations....Pages 235-250
The Ontogeny of Lateralized Behavior in Nonhuman Primates with Special Reference to Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)....Pages 251-265
Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas....Pages 267-283
Hand Preference for Visually-Guided Reaching in Human Infants and Adults....Pages 285-305
Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults....Pages 307-317
Implications of Primate Functional Asymmetries for the Evolution of Cerebral Hemispheric Specializations....Pages 319-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-356

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This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Handedness in Apes and Monkeys: Some Views From the Past....Pages 1-41
Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians....Pages 43-74
An Exploration of Manual Preference and Performance in Crabeating Macaques....Pages 75-105
Manual Preference in Varieties of Reaching in Squirrel Monkeys....Pages 107-124
Cerebral Asymmetry, Interhemispheric Interaction and Handedness: Second Thoughts About Comparative Laterality Research with Nonhuman Primates, About a Theory and Some Preliminary Results....Pages 125-148
Manual Preference in Prosimians, Monkeys and Apes....Pages 149-181
Lateralized Hand Use in the Precultural Behavior of the Koshima Monkeys (Macaca fuscata)....Pages 183-192
Manual Specialization in Gorillas and Baboons....Pages 193-205
Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees....Pages 207-233
Ontogeny of Object Manipulation and Manual Lateralization in the Guinea Baboon: Preliminary Observations....Pages 235-250
The Ontogeny of Lateralized Behavior in Nonhuman Primates with Special Reference to Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)....Pages 251-265
Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas....Pages 267-283
Hand Preference for Visually-Guided Reaching in Human Infants and Adults....Pages 285-305
Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults....Pages 307-317
Implications of Primate Functional Asymmetries for the Evolution of Cerebral Hemispheric Specializations....Pages 319-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-356
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