Mirror-Image Equivalence and Interhemispheric Mirror-Image Reversal

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作者
Corballis, Michael C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Auckland, Sch Psychol, Auckland, New Zealand
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关键词
bilateral symmetry; cerebral asymmetry; commissures; dyslexia; inferotemporal cortex; interhemispheric mirror-image reversal; mirror-image equivalence; symmetrization; WORD FORM AREA; CORPUS-CALLOSUM; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; DYSLEXIC BRAIN; MATTER VOLUME; VISUAL AREAS; HANDEDNESS; SHAPE; DISCRIMINATIONS; ABNORMALITIES;
D O I
10.3389/fnhum.2018.00140
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Mirror-image confusions are common, especially in children and in some cases of neurological impairment. They can be a special impediment in activities such as reading and writing directional scripts, where mirror-image patterns (such as b and d) must be distinguished. Treating mirror images as equivalent, though, can also be adaptive in the natural world, which carries no systematic left-right bias and where the same object or event can appear in opposite viewpoints. Mirror-image equivalence and confusion are natural consequences of a bilaterally symmetrical brain. In the course of learning, mirror-image equivalence may be established through a process of symmetrization, achieved through homotopic interhemispheric exchange in the formation of memory circuits. Such circuits would not distinguish between mirror images. Learning to discriminate mirror-image discriminations may depend either on existing brain asymmetries, or on extensive learning overriding the symmetrization process. The balance between mirrorimage equivalence and mirror-image discrimination may nevertheless be precarious, with spontaneous confusions or reversals, such as mirror writing, sometimes appearing naturally or as a manifestation of conditions like dyslexia.
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