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Disentangling the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance. (2010)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Leask, S., Rose, J., & Hausmann, M. (2010). cognitive performance. Brain and Cognition, 73, 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2010.04.002

It is widely believed that advantages of hemispheric asymmetries originated in better cognitive processing, hence it is often implied that the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance is linearly positive: the higher the d... Read More about Disentangling the relationship between hemispheric asymmetry and cognitive performance..

Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. (2010)
Book Chapter
Hirnstein, M., & Hausmann, M. (2010). Kognitive Geschlechtsunterschiede. In G. Steins (Ed.), Handbuch Psychologie und Geschlechterforschung (69-85). VS Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften

Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry (2009)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Ocklenburg, S., Schneider, D., & Hausmann, M. (2009). Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry. Cortex, 45(7), 891-899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2008.11.009

Numerous studies have reported that women believe they are more susceptible to left–right confusion than men. Indeed, some studies have also found sex differences in behavioural tasks. It has been suggested that women have more difficulties with left... Read More about Sex differences in left-right confusion depend on hemispheric asymmetry.

The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing? (2008)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Hausmann, M., & Güntürkün, O. (2008). The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing?. Behavioural Brain Research, 187(2), 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2007.09.023

Functional cerebral asymmetries (FCAs) are a fundamental principle of brain organization in many species. However, little is known about why they have evolved. Since FCAs are such a widespread phenomenon they seem to constitute an evolutionary select... Read More about The evolutionary origins of functional cerebral asymmetries in humans: Does lateralization enhance parallel processing?.