title: Mania and nondominant hemisphere function.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC 20003.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: 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