Woll, B;
Sieratzki, JS;
(2003)
Why homolaterality of language and hand dominance may not be the expression of a specific evolutionary link.
BEHAV BRAIN SCI
, 26
(2)
241 -241.
10.1017/S0140525X03570066.
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Abstract
Although gestures have surface similarities with language, there are significant organisational and neurolinguistic differences that argue against the evolutionary connection proposed by Corballis. Dominance for language and handedness may be related to a basic specialisation of the left cerebral hemisphere for target-directed behaviour and sequential processing, with the right side specialised for holistic-environmental monitoring and spatial processing.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why homolaterality of language and hand dominance may not be the expression of a specific evolutionary link |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X03570066 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X03570066 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | DEAF, PEOPLE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/124029 |
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