Cerebral Lateralization of Haptic Perception: Interaction of Responses to Braille and Music Reveals a Functional Basis
- 12 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4304) , 689-690
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.877586
Abstract
Normally, haptic perception of the left hand surpasses that of the right. But simultaneously playing music into the left (but not the right) ear reverses this superiority. This suggests that the left cerebral hemisphere has full haptic perceptual capability, which is subject to right hemisphere interference unless the latter's attentional mechanisms are engaged by contralateral peripheral stimulation.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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