Effects of hemispheric side of injury, age at injury, and presence of seizure disorder on functional ear and hand asymmetries in hemiplegic children

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-137

  Isaacs, Elizabeth ^a   Christie, Deborah ^a   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^a   Mishkin, Mortimer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotic listening; Hemiplegic children; Language reorganization; Manual asymmetry; Seizure disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HAND FUNCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030038514     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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