Side Bias: A Neuropsychological Perspective

360 Pages·2002·2.548 MB·English

by  Lesley J. Rogers (auth.), Manas K. Mandal, M. Barbara Bulman-Fleming, G. Tiwari (eds.)

SIDEBIAS:
A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
SIDE BIAS:
A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
Edited by
Manas K. Mandal
IndianInstitute ofTechnology,
Kharagpur, India
M. Barbara Bulman-Fleming
Universityof Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada
and
G. Tiwari
BanarasHindu University,
Varanasi,India
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Contents
Contributors vii
Dedication xi
Preface xiii
Development of Side Bias and Handedness
Evolution of Side Biases: Motor versus Sensory Lateralization 3
LESLEYJ.ROGERS
Genetic, Intrauterine, and Cultural Origins of Human Handedness 41
JAN W.VANSTRIEN
Grasp-reflex in Human Neonates: Distribution, Sex Difference,
Familial Sinistrality, and Testosterone 63
ÜNER TAN
Age and Generation Trends in Handedness: An Eastern Perspective 83
SYOICHI IWASAKI
Lateral Asymmetries andInterhemispheric Transfer in Aging:
AReview and Some New Data 101
ALAN A. BEATON, KENNETH HUGDAHL AND PHILIP RAY
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Handedness: Measurement and Observations
The Quantification and Definition of Handedness: Implications for
Handedness Research 155
STEVEN C. SCHACHTER
Factor Structures of Hand Preference Questionnaires:
Are "Skilled" and "Unskilled" Factors Artifacts? 175
YUKIHIDE IDA,MANAS K. MANDAL AND M.P. BRYDEN
Contributions of Imaging Techniques to Our Understanding
ofHandedness 191
MICHAEL PETERS
Side Bias: Foot, Cradle, Face and Attention
Lateral Preference, Skilled Behaviour and Task Complexity:
Hand and Foot 225
PAMELA J.BRYDEN
Examining the Notion of Foot Dominance 249
CARLGABBARD AND SUSANHART
"Tell Me, Where is [this] Fancy Bred?": The Cardiac and
Cerebral Accounts of the Lateral Cradling Bias 267
OLIVER H. TURNBULLAND MARILYN D.LUCAS
Side Bias in Facial Expression 289
HARI S. ASTHANA, BRAJ BHUSHAN AND MANAS K. MANDAL
Asymmetries in Portraits: Insight from Neuropsychology 313
MICHAEL E.R. NICHOLLS
Attentional and Intentional Factors in Pseudoneglect 331
GINA M. GRIMSHAW AND JOCELYN M.KEILLOR
Subject Index 347
Contributors
Hari S. Asthma, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
V.K.S. University, Ara
India
Alan A. Beaton, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Wales, Swansea
U.K.
Braj Bhushan
Section ofPsychology
Krishnamurti Foundation India, Varanasi
India
†
M.PhilipBryden, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Canada
Pamela J. Bryden, Ph.D.
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
Canada
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Carl Gabbard, Ph.D.
Department of Health & Kinesiology
Texas A & M University, College Station
USA
Gina M. Grimshaw, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
California State University San Marcos, San Marcos
USA
Susan Hart, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
New Mexico State University, New Mexico
USA
Kenneth Hugdahl, Ph.D.
Department of Biological & Medical Psychology
University of Bergen, Bergen
Norway
Yukihide Ida, Ph.D.
Psychology Unit
Osaka-Gakuin University, Osaka
Japan
Syoichi Iwasaki, Ph.D.
Psychology Unit
Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima
Japan
Jocelyn M. Keillor, Ph.D.
Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Toronto
Canada
Marilyn D. Lucas, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
South Africa
Contributors ix
Manas K. Mandal, Ph.D.
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
India
Michael E.R. Nicholls, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Australia
Michael Peters, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Guelph, Guelph
Canada
Philip Ray, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Wales, Swansea
U.K.
Lesley J. Rogers, Ph.D.
School of Biological Sciences
University of New England, Armidale
Australia
Steven C. Schachter, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre
Harvard Medical School, Boston
USA
Üner Tan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Blacksea Technical University, Trabzon
Turkey
Geetika Tiwari, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
India
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Oliver H. Turnbull, Ph.D.
School of Psychology
University of Wales, Bangor
UK
Jan W. Van Strien, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Neuropsychology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
†
This book isdedicated to M.P. Bryden