@article{ref1,
title="Hemispheric asymmetries in motor function: II. Ordering does not contribute to left-hemisphere specialization",
journal="Neuropsychologia",
year="1983",
author="Jason, G. W.",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="47-58",
abstract="Patients with unilateral brain lesions of vascular origin were administered tests designed to determine if the left hemisphere is specialized for the ordering of motor acts. Patients with left- and right-sided lesions responded similarly to manipulations of ordering demands in two motor tasks, one a test of manual sequence learning and the other a test of speeded performance. A detailed analysis of performance on an Ideational Apraxia task indicated that the deficit of patients with left-sided lesions was best characterized as a deficit in generating appropriate acts rather than ordering them. It was concluded that there is no evidence for left-hemisphere specialization for the ordering of motor acts. It was hypothesized that there are two broad stages of motor function: generation of motor &quot;target&quot; acts (which is lateralized to the left hemisphere) and the ordering and execution of these acts (which are not lateralized).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-3932",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}