[Hemispheric differences of simple reaction times in non-psychotic unipolar depressed patients].
Simple reaction times to visual stimuli were studied in 8 patients affected by depression and in 8 normal subjects. Regardless of the hand used, the condition of depression produced a specific lengthening of the responses to stimuli located in the left visual field. It is concluded that the right hemisphere plays a major role in modulation of negative emotional behaviour.
D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*
Differenze emisferiche nei tempi di reazione semplici in pazien ti depressi unipolari non-psicotici.