Handedness and Developmental Disorder (Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press)) [Hardcover]

D. V. M. Bishop (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521411955 | ISBN-13: 978-0521411950 | Publication Date: April 26, 1991 | Edition: 1

This book offers a comprehensive and readable account of theoretical aspects of the origins and normal development of handedness and its relationship to cerebral lateralization. It reviews the evidence for links between non-right-handedness and various developmental disorders: mental impairment, autism, epilepsy, and disorders of spoken and written language. The emphasis is on understanding the range of underlying mechanisms that might lead to associations between handedness and disorder and on identifying assessment procedures that can distinguish between different explanations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The book provides a concise, well-organized, easy to read, yet scholarly treatment of the field that accurately reflects the current state of thinking. It will no doubt be of particular value to clinical psychologists and paediatricians, and constitutes a very helpful guide and source of information for anyone contemplating undertaking research in this area. - K.A. Provins, Neuropsychologia.

Dorothy Bishop has been among the leaders of those who have put research into handedness and lateralisation on a more scientific and rational basis, and she is also an exceptionally lucid expositor. Anyone interested in cerebral lateralisation, or engaged in research into the disorders mentioned in this review should read Dr. Bishops book. - Roger Robinson, The British Medical Journal.

Bishop provides an accurate and intelligent account of the problems of measurement and definition, and of the genetics and development of handedness. In striking contrast to much published work on this topic, too often accompanied by woolly, half-worked ideas, her monograph clearly and fairly outlines these difficult concepts. - Chris McManus (St. Marys Hospital Medical School), The Lancet.

Not only is it an essential text for all who work in the fields of laterality and of developmental disorder but it is also a good read. - Marian Annett, Brain.

I can say that among those to whom I have always been able to turn for sound guidance is the British psychologist D.V.M. Bishop. For well over a decade, Bishops experimental and theoretical papers have brought much clarity to this field. For researchers and clinicians alike, Bishops book offers a lucid guide to the handedness literature. - Lauren Julius Harris, Contemporary Psychology. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (April 26, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521411955
• ISBN-13: 978-0521411950
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,127,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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