Weak language lateralization affects both verbal and spatial skills: An fMRI study in 297 subjects

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-62

  Mellet, E ^a,b,c   Zago, L ^a,b,c   Jobard, G ^a,b,c   Crivello, F ^a,b,c   Petit, L ^a,b,c   Joliot, M ^a,b,c   Mazoyer, B ^a,b,c   Tzourio Mazoyer, N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Familial sinistrality; Handedness; Hemispheric specialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERIC FUNCTIONAL LATERALIZATION INDEX; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SKILL; SPATIAL SKILL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL SKILL; GENETICS; LANGUAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908568323     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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