Smoking reduces language lateralization: A dichotic listening study with control participants and schizophrenia patients

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-309

  Hahn, Constanze ^a   Neuhaus, Andres H ^b   Pogun, Sakire ^c   Dettling, Michael ^b   Kotz, Sonja A ^d   Hahn, Eric ^b   Brüne, Martin ^a,e   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Dichotic listening; Gender; Language lateralization; Nicotine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE LATERALIZATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOICE ONSET TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955944628     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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