Hemispheric preference and obesity.
This study investigated the relationship of hemispheric preference--the tendency to activate one hemisphere rather than the other--and obesity, on 37 right-handed, male university students. Hemispheric preference was assessed by the directionality of conjugate lateral eye movements, and the degree of obesity was determined by the body mass index (BMI). The results showed that right hemisphere preferent subjects ("left-movers") are less obese than left hemisphere preferents ("right-movers").
Weisz
J
J
Psychophysiology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
Balázs
L
L
Adám
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving