title: Significance of crossed eye-hand dominance for the adult neuropsychological evaluation.
abstract: The variable of opposit eye and hand dominance is reviewed as a possible sign of learning problems and as an indication of congenital or early developmental brain impairment. It is considered as an independent variable in examining differences along several dimensions of psychological functioning as a possible discriminator of performance levels. It is also considered as a variable in discriminant function analysis to predict brain lesion process. Although few results were statistically significant, the numerous analyses were remarkably convergent in suggesting that crossed dominance is related to poorer verbal learning skills and is a useful variable in differentiating various process diagnostic groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology; D014888:Wechsler Scales