Citation

Alter I, Rein S, Toro A. Neuropsychologia 1989; 27(2): 251-257.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center, NY 10016.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2927635

Abstract

We have shown that a directional bias (D), previously thought to be unrelated to cerebral lateralization, is, in fact, intimately associated with it. In a group of fully consistent dextrals without familial sinistrality, the direction of lateral asymmetries depended upon the direction of D. Left-directed dextrals manifested the usual visual field advantages for linguistic and spatial material, while right-directed dextrals did not. D is therefore recommended as moderator variable for future studies of laterality.

Language: en