Manual asymmetries and hemispheric specialization: Insight from developmental studies

NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

卷:93

Article

Cochet, Helene¹ 

[1] Univ Toulouse Jean Jaures, Dept Psychol, Lab CLLE LTC, UMR 5263, 5 Allees Antonio Machado, F-31058 Toulouse 9, France

关键词: Handedness;    Hand preference;    Hemispheric specialization;    Development;    Children;    Language acquisition;    Manipulative activities;    Communicative gestures;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.12.019

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this review is to obtain a better understanding of the relationship between manual asymmetries and hemispheric specialization by focusing on the development of hand preference and cerebral lateralization of language. We first sought to describe the development of manual asymmetries for different activities (i.e., grasping and manipulating objects vs. communicating through gestures), and the development of cerebral asymmetries, before examining available data on the association between hand preference and HS for language. We also analyzed behavioral studies on the relation between hand preference and language development, as well as more specific studies on the relation between the cerebral control of gestures and language. Finally, we aimed at providing a wider view on functional asymmetries by emphasizing the need to study hemispheric specialization for functions other than language, and in particular for visual attention. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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