The Evolution of Human Handedness, Volume 1288 (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) - Tapa blanda

 
9781573319027: The Evolution of Human Handedness, Volume 1288 (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
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ISBN 10: 1573319023 ISBN 13: 9781573319027
Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Sinopsis

Handedness, or manual laterality of function, is thought to be both universal and unique to humans, making it a highly derived trait, based on an equally specialized neural substrate. By contrast, in various non-human species, both living and extinct, extent of lateralization varies.  All known populations of living human beings apparently favor the right hand, motorically, culturally, and symbolically, thus right-handedness is species-typical, as well as species-specific. This laterality of function is correlated with asymmetry of structure, that is, neural, skeletal and muscular, for example as manifest especially in skilled movement, such as handwriting. Human brains are lop-sided, and sagitally-paired organs (hand, foot, eye, ear, etc.) are skewed in their use, usually biased to the right; explaining this variation appears to require both cultural and environmental causal variables. To tackle these questions and advance our knowledge of this basic human trait requires genuinely multi-disciplinary input by scholars willing to think inter-disciplinarily.  Thus, participants in this Annals volume come from anthropology, archaeology, genetics, neurosciences, palaeo-anthropology, primatology, psychology, and psychiatry.

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Dr. William C. McGrew, Professor of Evolutionary Primatology, University of Cambridge - Biological Anthropology.

Professor Dr. Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max-Planck-Society - Humanethology.

Professor Linda F. Merchant, Department of Anthropology, Miami University.

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Editorial
Wiley-Blackwell
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1573319023
ISBN 13 
9781573319027
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
252
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Editorial Staff Of Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences
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