TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Hemispheric asymmetries in motor function: II. Ordering does not contribute to left-hemisphere specialization
JO  - Neuropsychologia
A1  - Jason, G. W.
SP  - 47
EP  - 58
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "target" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-3932
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -