Manual Asymmetries in Motor Performance

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8493-8999-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

"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.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Digby

Roy, Eric A.

Weitere Mitwirkende

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, Runa E.

Bryden, M. Philip

Bulman-Fleming, M. Barbara

MacDonald, Valerie

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Biological and Anthropological Antecedents of Motor Asymmetry: Motor Asymmetries in Birds and Nonprimate Mammals. Tool Use and the Evolutionary Development of Manual Asymmetry.
Human Handedness: The Measurement of Handedness and Its Relation to Neuropsychological Issues. Pathological Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Hand Preference and Performance in Lefthanders.
Manual Performance Asymmetries:

Hand Preference and Performance in Skilled and Unskilled Activities. Manual Asymmetries in Goal-Directed Movement. Putative Right Hemisphere Contributions to the Preparation of Reaching and Aiming Movements.
The Implications of Asymmetric Motor Function: Asymmetry in Bimanual Skills. Manual Asymmetries in Children with Developmental Disablilities. Hemispheric and Manual Asymmetries in Limb Gesturing.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elliott\, Digby; Roy\, Eric A.