Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Research Interests : perception, cognition, laterality, neuropsychology, evolution
Selected Publications : Articles
Corballis, M.C. 2000. Much ado about mirrors. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 163-169.
Forster, B.A. & Corballis, M.C. 2000. Interhemispheric transfer of colour and shape information in the presence and absence of the corpus callosum. Neuropsychologia, 38, 32-45.
Corballis, M. C., & Finlay, D. C. 2000. Interhemispheric visual integration in three cases of familial callosal agenesis. Neuropsychology, 14, 60-70.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. How laterality will survive the millennium bug. Brain & Cognition, 42, 160-162.
Forster, B. A., Corballis, P. M., & Corballis, M. C. 2000. Effect of luminance on successiveness discrimination in the absence of the corpus callosum. Neuropsychologia, 38, 441-450.
Aglioti, S., Tassinari, G., Corballis, M. C., & Berlucchi, G. 2000. Incomplete gustatory lateralization as shown by analysis of taste discrimination after callosotomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 238-245.
Corballis, M. C., & McLean, A. 2000. Interhemispheric comparisons in a man with complete forebrain commissurotomy. Neuropsychologia, 14, 519-525.
Forster, B. A., Corballis, P. M., & Corballis, M. C. 2000. Effect of luminance on successiveness discrimination in the absence of the corpus callosum. Neuropsychologia, 38, 441-450.
Aglioti, S., Tassinari, G., Corballis, M. C., & Berlucchi, G. 2000. Incomplete gustatory lateralization as shown by analysis of taste discrimination after callosotomy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12, 238-245.
Corballis, M. C., & McLean, A. 2000. Interhemispheric comparisons in a man with complete forebrain commissurotomy. Neuropsychologia, 14, 519-525.
Chapters in Books
Corballis, M. C. 1998. Preadaptations for language in human evolution. In M. S. Gazzaniga and J. S. Altman (Eds.), Brain and mind: Evolutionary perspectives (pp. 124-129). Strasbourg: HSFP.
Corballis, M.C. 1998. Evolution of the human mind. In M. Sabourin, F. I. M. Craik, & M. Robert (Eds.), Advances in psychological science: Vol. 2. Biological and cognitive aspects (pp. 31-62). Hove: Psychology Press.
Corballis, M. C. & Lea, S. E. G. 1999. Are humans special? A history of psychological perspectives. In M. C. Corballis and S. E. G. Lea (Eds.), The descent of mind: Psychological perspectives on hominid evolution (pp. 1-15). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Corballis, M. C. 1999. Phylogeny from apes to humans. In M. C. Corballis and S. E. G. Lea (Eds.), The descent of mind: Psychological perspectives on hominid evolution (pp. 40-70). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Corballis, M. C. 1999. Are we in our right minds? In S. Della Sala (Ed.), Mind myths (pp. 26-42). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Corballis, M. C. 1999. Experimental research. In C. Davidson and M. Tolich (Eds.), Social science research in New Zealand (pp. 188-197). Auckland: Longman.
Corballis, M. C. & Lea, S. E. G. 2000. Comparative-evolutionary psychology. In K. Pawlik & M. Rosenzweig (Eds.), International handbook of psychology (pp. 347-361). London: Sage.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. Language. In N. W. Bond & K. McConkey (Eds.), Psychological science: An introduction. Roseville, NSW: McGraw-Hill.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. Memory. In N. W. Bond & K. McConkey (Eds.), Psychological science: An introduction. Roseville, NSW: McGraw-Hill.
Books
Corballis, M. C. & Lea, S. E. G. (Editors). 1999. The descent of mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Corballis, M. C., McManus, C., & Peters, M. (Editors). 1999. Twin lateralisation. Hove: Psychology Press.
Corballis, M. C. (2002). From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language. Princeton University Press.
Corballis, M. C. (2002). Did Language Evolve from Manual Gestures? In Alison Wray, editor, The Transition to Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Reviews and Commentaries
Corballis, M. C. 1998. Revenge of the nerds. Review of S. Pinker, How the mind works. Listener, 163, No. 3025 (2 May), 44-45.
Corballis, M. C. 1998. Review of Fagot, J., Rogers, L., Ward, J., Bulman-Fleming, B., & Hopkins, W. (Eds.), Hemispheric specialisation in animals and humans. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 51B, 287-288.
Corballis, M. C. 1998. Evolution of language and laterality: A gradual descent? Current Psychology of Cognition, 17, 1148-1155.
Corballis, M. C. 1998. What is evolutionary psychology? The Bulletin (NZPsS), No. 94, 21-23.
Corballis, M. C. 1999. Double vision. Review of Ivry, R. B. & Robertson, L. C., The two sides of perception. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 5, 266-277.
Corballis, M. C. 1999. The space between your ears. Reviews of J. Horgan, J., The undiscovered mind, and V. S. Ramachandran and S. Blakeslee, Phantoms in the brain (Fourth Estate). New Zealand Listener, 171, No. 3103 (October 30-November 5), 40-41.
Corballis, M.C. 1999. From hand to mouth. New Zealand Science Monthly, 10 (September), 9-10.
Corballis, M. C 1999. Heavens above. Review of D. Sobel, Galileo's daughter (Fourth Estate). New Zealand Listener, 171, No. 3107 (November 27-December 3), 41-42.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. How evolutionary psychology is stacking up. Review of D. L. Cummins & C. Allen (Eds.), The evolution of mind. Contemporary Psychology, 45, 27-29.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. Did you get my message? Reviews of S. Singh, The code book (Fourth Estate) and S. Flannery, In code (Profile Books). New Zealand Listener, 174 (July 22-28), 44.
Corballis, M. C. 2000. Folie à deux. Review of W. H. Calvin and D. Bickerton, Deus ex machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain (The MIT Press). American Scientist, 88(5), 458.
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