title: Sex differences in the effects of unilateral brain damage on intelligence.
abstract: A sexual dimorphism in the functional asymmetry of the damaged human brain is reflected in a test-specific laterality effect in male but not in female patients. This sex difference explains some contradictions concerning the effects of unilateral brain damage on intelligence in studies in which the influence of sex was overlooked.
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D012723:Sex; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology