Mania and nondominant hemisphere function.
Unlike schizophrenics, actively disturbed manic and hypomanic patients perceived intensely affective musical stimuli without configurational errors or exacerbation of symptoms. The result disagrees with the prevailing hypothesis of manic affect-related cognitive defect in nondominant hemisphere function.
Stein
J
J
St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC 20003.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology