Assessment of brain laterality among Iranian addicts and smokers

Authors

  • Sh Rahgozar
  • A Khodaei
  • A Sabaei
  • C Jalili
  • F Khaleghi
  • H Moinipour
  • H Sahraei
  • L Etemadi
  • M Karimi
  • M Yousefpour
  • S Hassankhani
  • S Najafi
  • S Rajezi
  • S Riahi
Abstract:

Previous research supported that the prevalence of addiction is related to brain laterality. Brain laterality is often determined by left/right handedness and this phenomenon is considered as an important factor in addiction prevalence. The present study attempts to examine the relationships between left/right handedness with addiction and smoking on Iranian population. In this study, 2000 male and female non-addicted (age 31±3 years old) and 1000 male and female addicted (age 42±4 years old) were examined for left/right handedness. The results showed that: right versa left handedness percentages for normal subjects were 91.3% to 8.7% respectively, while for the addict and smoker group were 79.3% to 20.7% respectively. These data indicated that the prevalence of addiction and smoking among left-handed subjects was very higher than right-handed group (P

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volume Volume 3  issue Supplement 1

pages  52- 52

publication date 2010-11-20

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