Differences in hemispheric functional asymmetry between athletes and nonathletes: evidence from a Unilateral Tactile Matching Task.
To study the hemispheric specialization for spatial information processing in athletes and nonathletes a Unilateral Tactile Matching Task was administered. Athletes showed more marked hemispheric specialization than nonathletes. The right hemisphere of the former, in fact, indicated a more pronounced accuracy than those of the latter in perceiving rod orientations.
D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*