Case report: recovery and reorganization after congenital unilateral brain damage.
Recovery and neural reorganization after congenital left- and right-brain injury is assessed on dichotic listening and tachistoscopic visuo-perceptual tasks. A matched-pair approach for age and type of lesion is used. Over-all, deficits are less pronounced than in adults. Innate specialization of both left and right hemispheres is supported by the data. In addition, a left-right maturational gradient is suggested by the all-around better performance of the child with left-hemisphere pathology. The later maturing, relatively less-committed right hemisphere is better able to compensate after unilateral injury.
D001284:Atrophy; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000151:congenital / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology