Lateral eye-shift related to preschoolers use of descriptive language.
Lateral eye-shift in preschool children was related to the use of more nouns in description by 14 right-shifters, more adjectives by 19 left-shifters. Results suggest that differences in hemispheric activity may lead to differential language use.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*