Citation

Serrien DJ, Ivry RB, Swinnen SP. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2006; 7(2): 160-166.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. deborah.serrien@nottingham.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/nrn1849

PMID

16429125

Abstract

Behavioural and neurophysiological evidence convincingly establish that the left hemisphere is dominant for motor skills that are carried out with either hand or those that require bimanual coordination. As well as this prioritization, we argue that specialized functions of the right hemisphere are also indispensable for the realization of goal-directed behaviour. As such, lateralization of motor function is a dynamic and multifaceted process that emerges across different timescales and is contingent on task- and performer-related determinants.

Language: en