Laterality

Crossed Laterality

All paired muscle systems are represented in the brain by paired controlling centres. Dominance, or leading control of the function, may be entirely leftsided, in which case the organs controlled are dominant on the right side, or entirely right-sided. If some centres are on the left and some on the right side of the brain, the condition is called crossed laterality. The dominance may be fixed,...

Facial Laterality

-Are there consistent differences between the emotions attributed to the right and left hemiface? Six studies investigated this old question, using a new technique of computerized image reconstruction that eliminates several confounding factors common in previous studies. Findings suggest that there are no consistent differences between the emotions and personality attributed to the right and t...

The laterality of dreaming.

The cortical locus of dream generation could be lateralized to the right or left hemisphere, or be bilaterally represented with either equal or unequal contributions from each hemisphere. In this paper we review the neurological literature for cases of loss or alteration of dream report after brain damage. The distribution of lesion sites is used to test the various hypotheses concerning the la...

Cerebral Laterality in Schizophrenia

Electro-enccphalographic (E.E.G.) pattern of 35 drug free schizophrenic patients was studied. 15 cases (42.86%) had abnormal EEG records, 9 records out of 15 abnormal records showed effect of laterality. Laterality of abnormality to left hemisphers was present in 7 cases while laterality to right hemisphere was present only in 2 cases. Cortical locations of abnormalities were also studied. The ...

Laterality in Animals