Digby Elliott, Eric A. Roy

Manual Asymmetries in Motor Performance

Mitarbeit:Elliott, Digby; Roy, Eric A.; Bradshaw, John L.; Rogers, Lesley J.; Chua, Romeo; Guiard, Yves; Ferrand, Thierry; Carson, Richard G.; Dewey, Deborah; Coren, Stanley; Peters, Michael; Steenhuis,

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Manual asymmetries" refers to differences in performance capabilities of the two hands. Humans may be the only species that show a consistent preference for the right hand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8999
• 1996.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780849389993
• ISBN-10: 0849389992
• Artikelnr.: 20998010

Inhaltsangabe

Summary of the Contents
SECTION I
Biological and Anthropological Antecedents of Motor Asymmetry

Chapter 1
Motor Asymmetries in Birds and Nonprimate Mammals (Lesley J. Rogers and John L. Bradshaw)
Chapter 2
Tools Use and the Evolutionary Development of Manual Asymmetry (John L. Bradshaw and Lesley J. Rogers)

SECTION II
Human Handedness

Chapter 3
The Measurement of Handedness and Its Relation to Neuropsychological Issues (M. P. Bryden, M. Barbara Bulman-Fleming, and Valerie MacDonald)
Chapter 4
Pathological Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness (Stanley Coren)
Chapter 5
Hand Preference and Performance in Left-handers (Michael Peters)

SECTION III
Manual Performance Asymmetries

Chapter 6
Hand Preference and Performance in Skilled and Unskilled Activities (Runa E. Steenhuis)
Chapter 7
Manual Asymmetries in Goal-Directed Movement (Digby Elliott and Romeo Chua)
Chapter 8
Putative Right HemisphereContributions to the Preparation of Reaching and Aiming Movements (Richard G. Carson)

SECTION IV
The Implications of Assymetric Motor Function

Chapter 9
Asymmetry in Bimanual Skills (Yves Guiard and Thierry Ferrand)
Chapter 10
Manual Asymmetries in Children with Developmental Disabilities (Deborah Dewey)
Chapter 11
Hand Preference, Manual Asymmetries, and Limb Apraxia (Eric A. Roy)

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