Does cerebral lateralization develop? A study using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound assessing lateralization for language production and visuospatial memory

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-269

  Groen, Margriet A ^a,d   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^b,d   Badcock, Nicholas A ^c,d   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; Development; Functional transcranial Doppler ultrasonography; Language production; Left hemisphere; Right hemisphere; Visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84872836567     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.56     Document Type: Article

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