Comprehension of syntax in infantile hemiplegics after cerebral hemidecortication: left-hemisphere superiority.

作者: Maureen Dennis , Bruno Kohn

DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(75)80084-8

关键词: Lateralization of brain functionDevelopmental psychologySyntaxVerbal iqPsychologyCerebral pathologyAudiologyComprehensionLeft and rightDecortication

摘要: The ability to discriminate the meaning of spoken statements varying in syntactic form was compared infantile hemiplegics after right or left hemidecortication. Right hemidecorticates, relative operated group matched for Verbal IQ, showed superior comprehension passive negative, but equivalent active affirmative and sentences. After perinatal cerebral pathology subsequent decortication, skills are not mediated equivalently by remaining hemispheres.