Manual asymmetries in motor performance

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Manual asymmetries in motor performance

edited by Digby Elliott, Eric A. Roy

CRC Press, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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"Manual asymmetries" refers to differences in performance capabilities of the two hands. Humans may be the only species that show a consistent preference for the right hand.

Table of Contents

Biological and Anthropological Antecedents of Motor Asymmetry: Motor Asymmetries in Birds and Nonprimate Mammals. Tool Use and the Evolutionary Development of Manual Asymmetry. Human Handedness: The Measurement of Handedness and Its Relation to Neuropsychological Issues. Pathological Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Hand Preference and Performance in Lefthanders. Manual Performance Asymmetries: Hand Preference and Performance in Skilled and Unskilled Activities. Manual Asymmetries in Goal-Directed Movement. Putative Right Hemisphere Contributions to the Preparation of Reaching and Aiming Movements. The Implications of Asymmetric Motor Function: Asymmetry in Bimanual Skills. Manual Asymmetries in Children with Developmental Disablilities. Hemispheric and Manual Asymmetries in Limb Gesturing. Index

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