Right-hemisphere function in hydrocephalic children.
Right-hemisphere function was assessed in 28 hydrocephalic children by a colour-naming divided visual field task and a matching-to-sample manipulo-spatial task. A complementary word-naming divided visual field task was also administered. Comparisons with non-handicapped children revealed a visual processing deficit only. An interpretation of perceptual asymmetries in terms of differential hemispheric sensitivity and regional cortical thinning is advanced.
D000293:Adolescent; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011932:Reading; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*