The cortical microstructural basis of lateralized cognition: a review.

Journal article

The presence of asymmetry in the human cerebral hemispheres is detectable at both the macroscopic and microscopic scales. The horizontal expansion of cortical surface during development (within individual brains), and across evolutionary time (between species), is largely due to the proliferation and spacing of the microscopic vertical columns of cells that form the cortex. In the asymmetric planum temporale (PT), minicolumn width asymmetry is associated with surface area asymmetry. Although ...

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Authors: Chance, SA

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Frontiers in psychology
• Volume: 5
• Pages: 820
• Publication date: 2014-01-01
• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00820
• EISSN: 1664-1078
• ISSN: 1664-1078
• Language: English
• Keywords: schizophrenia; language; minicolumn; cytoarchitecture; asymmetry; lateralization; face-processing; autism