Left hemisphere lateralization for language in right-handers is controlled in part by familial sinistrality, manual preference strength, and head size

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 13314-13318

  Tzourio Mazoyer, Nathalie ^a   Petit, Laurent ^a   Razafimandimby, Annick ^a,c   Crivello, Fabrice ^a   Zago, Laure ^a   Jobard, Gael ^a,b   Joliot, Marc ^a   Mellet, Emmanuel ^a   Mazoyer, Bernard ^a,c,d  

^a Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; FAMILIAL SINISTRALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MANUAL PREFERENCE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957747688     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2593-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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