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Bias in human behavior /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publisher's,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Perspectives on cognitive psychology.
Psychology research progress series. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BIAS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR; BIAS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ASPECTS OF SIDE BIAS; ABSTRACT; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF SIDE BIAS; FORMS OF SIDE BIAS; Handedness; Footedness; Eyedness; Earedness; Nosedness; Facedness; LATERALIZATION OF EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR; LATERALIZATION OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; Attentional Bias; Reading Bias; Visual Processing; Auditory Processing; RELEVANCE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: THEORY AND RESEARCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANDEDNESS; ABSTRACT; HANDEDNESS IN ADULTS; QUESTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
- KINDS OF STUDIES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATIONMETHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; When is the Term ""Handedness"" Appropriate?; Assessment of Side-Biases; A SAMPLE OF EVIDENCE; Prenatal Period; Postnatal Period; Stability or Change?; Individual Differences, Including Those between Right- and Left-Siders; Sex Differences; Handedness and Sitting Upright; Handedness and Walking Independently; Handedness and Speech Development; WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR HANDEDNESS?; Brain Explanations; Motor Control in Right- and Left-Handers; Speech Control and Handedness.
- Is Hemispheric Specialization ""Progressive"" or ""Age-Invariant""?Genetic Explanations; Environmental Explanations; Prenatal Influences: The Intrauterine Position Hypothesis; Postnatal Influences; Effects of Injuries; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND OTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN LEFT-HANDEDNESS:A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC VIEW; ABSTRACT; CORRELATION BETWEEN COGNITION AND HANDEDNESS; CORRELATION BETWEEN IQ AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT; CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF LEFT HANDERS; ORIGINS OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS.
- LEFT HANDEDNESS AS A DISADVANTAGE: PATHOLOGICAL LEFT-HANDEDNESSVAGUE BORDERS: MIXED-HANDEDNESS; GIFTEDNESS; TOWARDS A MODEL: BIMODAL INTELLIGENCE DISTRIBUTION AMONG LEFT HANDERS; CONCLUSION; PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF LEFT-HANDEDNESS; HANDEDNESS AND HUMAN SEXUALITY; Handedness and Homosexual Orientation; Lateralization and Prenatal Exposure to Sex Hormones; Maternal Immunological Response to the Fetus; Developmental Instability; Handedness and Gender Identity Disorder; Pedophilia and Deviant Sexual Behavior; Concluding Remark; HANDEDNESS AND PSYCHIATRY; Schizophrenia and Schizotypy Spectrum.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAlzheimer Disease and Cognitive Decline; Developmental Disorders; Neurotic and Stress-Related Disorders; Alcoholism and Sinistrality; A Final Opinion; HANDEDNESS AND VISUOSPATIAL ABILITY; Definition; Visuospatial Ability Assessment Tools; Neural Networks; Hemispheric Lateralization of Visuospatial Ability; Handedness and Visuospatial Ability; Handedness and Specific Visuospatial Activities; Professional Sport; Music Performance; Conclusion and Future Directions; IS CREATIVITY A SIGN OF SINISTRALITY?; Introduction; What is Creativity?