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edited by Marcel Kinsbourne, 581 pp, 66 illus, $29.95, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Arthur L. Benton, PhD, Reviewer
Department of Neurology College of Medicine University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, IA 52242

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(6):390.

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This book consists of 15 chapters devoted to diverse aspects of hemispheric cerebral dominance. As is typical of multiauthored efforts, the contributions vary in quality and importance. But this book exhibits a wider variation than usual. Some chapters are obvious potboilers or hopelessly outdated. Other chapters provide thoughtful and informative summaries of their topics. Among the latter are De Renzi's account of spatial disorders in relation to hemispheric functional asymmetry, Carmon's discussion of temporal and spatial factors in visual perception, and the comprehensive review of sex differences in spatial ability by Lauren Harris. Readers with historical interests will welcome J. D. Molloy's presentation of the passages on lateral sensory asymmetry in E. H. Weber's classic monograph on touch, published in 1834, and they will also be pleased to learn that Helen Ross is preparing an English translation of it. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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