Brain asymmetry

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In human neuroanatomy brain asymmetry can refer to at least two quite distinct findings:

Neuroanatomical differences themselves exist on different scales, from neuronal densities, to the size of regions such as the planum temporale, toat the largest scalethe torsion or "wind" in the human brain, reflected shape of the skull, which reflects a backward (posterior) protrusion of the left occipital bone and a forward (anterior) protrusion of the right frontal bone.[1]

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References

  1. Marjorie LeMay (June 1977). "Asymmetries of the skull and handedness. Phrenology revisited". Journal of the Neurological Sciences 32 (2): 243253. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(77)90239-8. PMID 874523. 

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[Game of two halves leads to brain asymmetry http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2009/WTX052905.htm]

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