dc.contributor.author |
Corballis, Michael C |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
England |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-12-08T22:46:45Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-12-08T22:46:45Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-6-30 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1357-650X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/53892 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Until fairly late in the nineteenth century, it was held that the brain was bilaterally symmetrical. With the discovery of left-brain dominance for language, the so-called "laws of symmetry" were revoked, and asymmetry was then seen as critical to the human condition, with the left hemisphere, in particular, assuming superordinate properties. I trace this idea from the early discoveries of the late nineteenth century through the split-brain studies of the 1960s, and beyond. Although the idea has persisted, the evidence has revealed widespread cerebral asymmetries in nonhuman animals, and even language and its asymmetries are increasingly understood to have evolved gradually, rather than in a single speciation event. The left hemisphere nevertheless seemed to take over a role previously taken by other structures, such as the pineal gland and the hippocampus minor, in a determined effort to place humans on a pedestal above all other species. |
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dc.format.medium |
Print-Electronic |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Informa UK Limited |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Laterality |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Animal asymmetry |
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dc.subject |
human uniqueness |
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dc.subject |
language |
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dc.subject |
left hemisphere |
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dc.subject |
split brain |
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dc.subject |
Social Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
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dc.subject |
Psychology, Experimental |
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dc.subject |
Psychology |
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dc.subject |
Animal asymmetry |
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dc.subject |
human uniqueness |
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dc.subject |
language |
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dc.subject |
left hemisphere |
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dc.subject |
split brain |
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dc.subject |
PLANUM TEMPORALE |
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dc.subject |
DISEASE IMAGE |
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dc.subject |
GREAT APES |
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dc.subject |
LANGUAGE |
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dc.subject |
ASYMMETRY |
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dc.subject |
COMMUNICATION |
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dc.subject |
VOCALIZATIONS |
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dc.subject |
ORIGIN |
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dc.subject |
ADULT |
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dc.subject |
WILL |
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dc.subject |
1701 Psychology |
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dc.subject |
1702 Cognitive Sciences |
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dc.title |
Humanity and the left hemisphere: The story of half a brain. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1080/1357650x.2020.1782929 |
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pubs.begin-page |
1 |
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dc.date.updated |
2020-11-26T20:12:08Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
en |
pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32602396 |
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pubs.end-page |
15 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
805550 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1464-0678 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2020-6-30 |
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