title: [Neuropsychology and pathology of the cerebral cortex].
abstract: In all clinics we are faced with questions about certain aspects of cerebral dominance. We consider first the problem of recognition of faces where the right hemisphere plays a leading role. However, the disorders manifesting that function appear only bilateral lesions. This suggests that the left hemisphere participates in this process. The reception of language raises a problem which is analogous with the preceding: we propose the participation of both hemispheres in this activity: the left hemisphere is dominant in the analysis of phonemes and syntax, the right hemisphere seems implicated above all in the processing of prosodic aspects--in particular intonations and individual features of the voice.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014831:Voice
vernacular_title: Neuropsychologie et pathologie du cortex cerebral