Nonhuman primates as models of hemispheric specialization.

Vauclair, J., Fagot, J. & Dépy, D. (1999). Nonhuman primates as models of hemispheric specialization. In Haug M. & Whalen R.E. (Eds.). Animal Models and Human Emotion and Cognition (pp. 247-259). New York : APA Books.

 

 

Abstract – The present chapter concerns the issue of hemispheric specialization for perceptual and cognitive processes. In spite of a long-lasting view that only humans are lateralized (e.g., Warren, 1980), there is now strong documentation for anatomical lateralizations, functional lateralizations, or both in several animal taxa, including birds, rodents, and nonhuman primates (see Bradshaw & Rogers, 1993; Hellige, 1993). We selectively report
demonstrations from studies of nonhuman primates. After a short review…