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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Perspectives on cognitive psychology
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Psychology research progress
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Perspectives on cognitive psychology.
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Psychology research progress series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
BIAS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR; BIAS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ASPECTS OF SIDE BIAS; ABSTRACT; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF SIDE BIAS; FORMS OF SIDE BIAS; Handedness; Footedness; Eyedness; Earedness; Nosedness; Facedness; LATERALIZATION OF EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR; LATERALIZATION OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; Attentional Bias; Reading Bias; Visual Processing; Auditory Processing; RELEVANCE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: THEORY AND RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANDEDNESS; ABSTRACT; HANDEDNESS IN ADULTS; QUESTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. |
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KINDS OF STUDIES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATIONMETHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; When is the Term ""Handedness"" Appropriate?; Assessment of Side-Biases; A SAMPLE OF EVIDENCE; Prenatal Period; Postnatal Period; Stability or Change?; Individual Differences, Including Those between Right- and Left-Siders; Sex Differences; Handedness and Sitting Upright; Handedness and Walking Independently; Handedness and Speech Development; WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR HANDEDNESS?; Brain Explanations; Motor Control in Right- and Left-Handers; Speech Control and Handedness. |
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Is Hemispheric Specialization ""Progressive"" or ""Age-Invariant""?Genetic Explanations; Environmental Explanations; Prenatal Influences: The Intrauterine Position Hypothesis; Postnatal Influences; Effects of Injuries; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN LEFT-HANDEDNESS:A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC VIEW; ABSTRACT; CORRELATION BETWEEN COGNITION AND HANDEDNESS; CORRELATION BETWEEN IQ AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT; CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF LEFT HANDERS; ORIGINS OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS. |
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LEFT HANDEDNESS AS A DISADVANTAGE: PATHOLOGICAL LEFT-HANDEDNESSVAGUE BORDERS: MIXED-HANDEDNESS; GIFTEDNESS; TOWARDS A MODEL: BIMODAL INTELLIGENCE DISTRIBUTION AMONG LEFT HANDERS; CONCLUSION; PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; HANDEDNESS AND HUMAN SEXUALITY; Handedness and Homosexual Orientation; Lateralization and Prenatal Exposure to Sex Hormones; Maternal Immunological Response to the Fetus; Developmental Instability; Handedness and Gender Identity Disorder; Pedophilia and Deviant Sexual Behavior; Concluding Remark; HANDEDNESS AND PSYCHIATRY; Schizophrenia and Schizotypy Spectrum. |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAlzheimer Disease and Cognitive Decline; Developmental Disorders; Neurotic and Stress-Related Disorders; Alcoholism and Sinistrality; A Final Opinion; HANDEDNESS AND VISUOSPATIAL ABILITY; Definition; Visuospatial Ability Assessment Tools; Neural Networks; Hemispheric Lateralization of Visuospatial Ability; Handedness and Visuospatial Ability; Handedness and Specific Visuospatial Activities; Professional Sport; Music Performance; Conclusion and Future Directions; IS CREATIVITY A SIGN OF SINISTRALITY?; Introduction; What is Creativity? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English. |
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Laterality.
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Laterality. |
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Left and right (Psychology)
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Left and right (Psychology) |
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Prejudices.
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Prejudices. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dutta, Tanusree.
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Mandal, Manas K.
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Kumar, Sameer.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bias in human behavior New York : Nova Science Publisher's, c2012. 9781622570409 (hardcover) (DLC) 2012018699 |
| ISBN |
9781622571086 ebook |
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1622571088 |
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9781622570409 hardcover |
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1622570405 |
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