PATHOLOGICAL LEFT-HANDEDNESS - EVALUATION OF A MODEL

被引:46
作者
SILVA, DA [1 ]
SATZ, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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D O I
10.1016/0093-934X(79)90002-6
中图分类号
R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100104 ; 100213 ;
摘要
This study investigated the relationship between manifest handedness and the localization of EEG abnormalities in a large group of mentally retarded persons. Persons who had abnormal EEG recordings, regardless of whether the dysfunction was bilateral or asymmetric, exhibited approximately twice the incidence of left-handedness than persons who had normal EEG's. Data for persons having asymmetric damage support a model of pathological left-handedness, with left-handers showing a substantially higher probability of having left brain dysfunction than right-handers. © 1979.
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页数:9
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