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
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.