Lateralized Brain Functions

• Tachistoscopic Viewing and Dichotic Listening.- Split-Brain Human Subjects.- Eye and Ear Preferences.- Olfactory Lateralization.- Hand, Limb and Other Motor Preferences.- Lateralization in Invertebrates.- Unilateral Lesions.- Pharmacological Agents and Electrophysiological Techniques.- Tract Tracing and Histological Techniques.- Brain Mapping Using the Immediate Early Gene Zenk.- Optogenetic Methods to Study Lateralized Synaptic Function.- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- Electroencephalographic Asymmetries in Human Cognition.- Non-Invasive Imaging Technologies in Primates.- Imaging Techniques in Insects.- Genetics of Human Handedness and Laterality.- Genetic and Transgenic Approaches to Study Zebrafish Brain Asymmetry and Lateralized Behavior.- Methods to Study Nervous System Laterality in the Caenorhabditis elegans Model System.- Manipulation of Strength of Cerebral Lateralization via Embryonic Light Stimulation in Birds.- Effects of Steroid Hormones.- Reversals of Bodies, Brains and Behavior.

“The editors Lesley Rogers and Giorgio Vallortigara aimed to provide, ‘in one volume’ as they emphasize, a comprehensive collection of the various laterality assessment techniques that exist in various species. … I wholeheartedly recommend it for both newcomers and the more experienced who seek to expand their horizon with new methods.” (Marco Hirnstein, Laterality Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, August, 2017)