The right mind · Making sense of the hemispheres

The right mind · Making sense of the hemispheres
Authors
Ornstein, Robert E.
Publisher
Mariner Books
Tags
brain , lateralität , lateraliteit , laterality , left and right (psychology) , functional laterality , cerebral hemispheres , science , psychology
ISBN
9780156006279
Date
1997-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.37 MB
Lang
en
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index

Mastermind or moron: samples of a pandemonium of ideas -- Small changes, small turnings in the chaotic evolution of the double brain -- An avalanche in the human brain -- Diocles, Marc Dax, Bob Dylan's hair and brain, "Tan Tan", and other stepping stones on the history of brain differences -- The compass of laterality -- Whose hemispheres do you mean? -- The run of dichotomania -- Wit or half-wit? -- Minds in and out of context: speculations on some mental disorders -- Making waves: furthermost speculations on a way the hemispheres operation -- Restoring context: sounding out three new notes

In this “accessible and provocative” book, (Kirkus Reviews), the author of The Psychology of Consciousness cuts through the confusion around the right brain-left brain theory. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations.