This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with updates on the latest techniques used to study brain and behavioral laterality in both human and non-human animals. The chapters in this book cover numerous topics such as methods of measuring lateralization in a range of species by scoring behavior elicited by inputs to one of both brain hemispheres; behavioral methods to study motor preferences and lateralization in invertebrates; neurological methods to reveal lateralization; imaging and electrocephalographic techniques and transcranial stimulation; and new genetic approaches to studying lateralization in humans and zebrafish, and the roles of genes in the establishment and development of brain asymmetry. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.

Cutting-edge and authoritative, Lateralized Brain Function: Methods in Human and Non-Human Species, Second Edition ** is a valuable resource for further research on brain and behavioral asymmetries in human and non-human species. This book will provide both expert and novel researchers with answers to their questions, while also encouraging vital collaborations.

Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results Contains key implementation advice from the experts

Inhalt

Tachistoscopic Viewing and Dichotic Listening.- Split-Brain Human Subjects.- Eye and Ear Preferences.- Monocular Occlusion Techniques in Birds.- Olfactory Lateralization.- Hand, Limb, and Other Motor Preferences.- Lateralization in Invertebrates.- Unilateral Lesions.- Pharmacological Agents and Electrophysiological Techniques.- Tract Tracing and Histological Techniques in Lateralization Research.- Mapping Immediate Early Gene Expression.- Investigating Effects of Steroid Hormones on Lateralization of Brain and Behavior.- Imaging Embryonic Brain Lateralization in the Chick.- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- Electroencephalographic Asymmetries in Human Cognition.- Non-Invasive Imaging Technologies in the Measurement of Cortical Asymmetries in Nonhuman Primates.- Imaging Techniques in Insects.- Genetics of Human Handedness.- Genetic and Transgenic Strategies to Study Zebrafish Brain Asymmetry and Behavior.- Reversals of Bodies, Brains, and Behavior: Quantitative Analysis of Laterality and Its Disturbance in Model Species.- Manipulation of Cerebral Lateralization Strength through Embryonic Light Stimulation in Birds.