Overview
Brain asymmetry for speech is moderately related to handedness but what are the rules? Are symmetries for hand and brain associated with characteristics such as intelligence, motor skill, spatial reasoning or skill at sports? In this follow up to the influential Left, Right Hand and Brain (1985) Marian Annett draws on a working lifetime of research to help provide answers to crucial questions. Central to her argument is the Right Shift Theory - her original and innovative contribution to the field that seeks to explain the relationships between left-and right-handedness and left-and right-brain specialisation. The theory proposes that handedness in humans and our non-human primate relations depends on chance but that chance is weighted towards right-handedness in most people by an agent of right-hemisphere disadvantage. It argues for the existence of a single gene for right shift (RS+) that evolved in humans to aid the growth of speech in the left hemisphere of the brain. The Right Shift Theory has possible implications for a wide range of questions about human abilities and disabilities, including verbal and non verbal intelligence, educational progress and dyslexia, spatial reasoning, sporting skills and mental illness. It continues to be at the cutting edge of research, solving problems and generating new avenues of investigation - most recently the surprising idea that a mutant RS+ gene might be involved in the causes of schizophrenia and autism. Handedness and Brain Asymmetry will make fascinating reading for students and researchers in psychology and neurology, educationalists, and anyone with a keen interest in why people have different talents and weaknesses.
Full Product Details
Author: Marian Annett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Psychology Press Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.589kg
ISBN: 9780415648264
ISBN 10: 0415648262
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 21 November 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Annett's latest book provides a very readable comprehensive review of her RS theory of handedness and brain asymmetry, complete with a substantial survey of the evidence that supports the theory.' - Laterality 'This is a milestone contribution. It pulls the field together around the right shift theory and sets the course for future investigation.' - Tim Crow, University of Oxford 'Few can afford to ignore Annett's theory ... she has cast her stamp upon the field of handedness as no other investigator has done.' - Alan Beaton, University of Swansea 'Annett's new book celebrates a solid, life-time research accomplishment based on a stunning insight.' - Michael Corballis, Cortex 'A worthwhile read...an admirable attempt to account for a very wide range of laterality phenomena...Annett's description of her Right Shift theory is an entertaining and substantial contribution to the laterality literature. Annett's ambition should be commended and rewarded.' - Lorin Elias, Cortex 'Annett's latest book provides a very readable comprehensive review of her RS theory of handedness and brain asymmetry, complete with a substantial survey of the evidence that supports the theory.' - Laterality
'Annett's latest book provides a very readable comprehensive review of her RS theory of handedness and brain asymmetry, complete with a substantial survey of the evidence that supports the theory.' - Laterality
