Relative processing demands influence cerebral laterality for verbal-motor integration in persons with down syndrome

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Heath, Matthew ^a   Welsh, Timothy N ^b   Simon, Dominic A ^d   Tremblay, Luc ^b   Elliot, Digby ^b   Roy, Eric A ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous organization; Cerebral asymmetries; Dichotic aiming; Dichotic listening; Down syndrome; Verbal motor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; DOWN SYNDROME; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR CONTROL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10044298200     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70178-3     Document Type: Article

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