Interaction Between Handedness and Cerebral Functional Dominance
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 11 (1) , 35-40
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00207458009147576
Abstract
The relationship of handedness and cerebral functional dominance in man and in other animals is reviewed. It is concluded that there is a two-way interaction between these two phenomena. Firstly, the dominant hand does not necessarily dominate all performances; the hand superiority for a given performance is determined by the degree of cerebral dominance for that particular function. Secondly, the preferred hand asserts its priority in mediating information processing.Keywords
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