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Lust, J. M.; Geuze, R. H.; Groothuis, A. G. G.; van der Zwan, J. E.; Brouwer, W. H.; van Wolffelaar, P. C.; Bouma, A. – Neuropsychologia, 2011
It has been hypothesized that cerebral lateralization of function enhances cognitive performance. Evidence was found in birds and fish. However, recent research in humans did not support this hypothesis. We aimed to replicate and extend these findings for single- and dual-task performance in an ecologically relevant task. We combined a word…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain, Language Processing, Thinking Skills
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Lust, J. M.; Geuze, R. H.; Van de Beek, C.; Cohen-Kettenis, P. T.; Groothuis, A. G. G.; Bouma, A. – Neuropsychologia, 2010
Brain lateralization refers to the division of labour between the two hemispheres in controlling a wide array of functions and is remarkably well developed in humans. Based on sex differences in lateralization of handedness and language, several hypotheses have postulated an effect of prenatal exposure to testosterone on human lateralization…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Gender Differences, Human Body, Language Processing