title: Neuroevolutionary mechanisms of cerebral asymmetry in man.
abstract: Cerebral asymmetry in man has by and large been interpreted in terms of differences at the level of hemispheric organization. The inadequacy of a hemispheric interpretation as a biological account of asymmetry is discussed and a model of the neural mechanisms of cerebral asymmetry is developed. The model focuses on the functional organization of the inferior parietal cortex in human and non-human primates and accounts for the evolution and expression of cerebral asymmetry in man in terms of specific adaptations in select neural systems of ancestral primate brains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurobiology and Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: LeDoux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology