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Why homolaterality of language and hand dominance may not be the expression of a specific evolutionary link

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Bencie Woll  and
Jechil S. Sieratzki
Bencie Woll*
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Communication Science, City University London, LondonEC1V 0HB, United Kingdomwww.city.ac.uk/lcs
Jechil S. Sieratzki*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, LondonWC1, United Kingdom
*
b.woll@city.ac.uk
sieratzki@vff.uni-frankfurt.de
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Abstract:

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Although gestures have surface similarities with language, there are significant organisational and neurolinguistic differences that argue against the evolutionary connection proposed by Corballis. Dominance for language and handedness may be related to a basic specialisation of the left cerebral hemisphere for target-directed behaviour and sequential processing, with the right side specialised for holistic-environmental monitoring and spatial processing.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 241
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003