cerebral dominance

(Physiology) the normal tendency for one half of the brain, usually the left cerebral hemisphere in right-handed people, to exercise more control over certain functions (e.g. handedness and language) than the other

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References in periodicals archive

In the present study, cerebral dominance was determined according to the subjects' score on the Annett Hand Preference Questionnaire and Hemispheric Dominance Test.

The Role of Sports Participation in Hemispheric Dominance: Assessment by Electrodermal Activity Signals

It is worth mentioning that this studywas carried out in a sample of patellae from individuals with unknown cerebral dominance patterns.

Surface Area of Patellar Facets: Inferential Statistics in the Iraqi Population

reviewed that there exists cerebral dominance for swallow only for few sites.

Does Cerebral Hemispheric Laterality Control Swallow Performance?

(1998) Handedness and Cerebral Dominance: The Right Shift Theory.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: HANDEDNESS AND BRAIN LATERALIZATION--WHAT INSIGHTS CAN ONE GAIN FROM PREVIOUS LITERATURE?

"By establishing a correlation between cerebral dominance and sidedness of cell phone use, it may be possible to develop a less-invasive, lower-cost option to establish the side of the brain where speech and language occurs rather than the Wada test, a procedure that injects an anesthetic into the carotid artery to put part of the brain to sleep in order to map activity."

Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone

Bryden, The Genetics of Handedness, Cerebral Dominance, and Lateralization, vol.

Genetics and the Bible: the curious case of the left-handed Benjamites

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