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asymmetrical behavior without an asymmetrical brain: corpus callosum and neuroplasticity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

andrei c. miu
Affiliation:
department of psychology, babeş-bolyai university, cluj-napoca 400015, [email protected]

Abstract

the theory put forward by vallortigara & rogers (v&r) to explain the versatility of directional asymmetries at the population level argues that the strength of lateralization is controlled by social learning. this shaping of behavioral asymmetries by a non-stationary pressure probably involves a marked degree of neuroplasticity. i discuss the limits of neuroplasticity along with the evolution of the corpus callosum.

Type
open peer commentary
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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