Effects of moderate doses of ethyl alcohol on cerebral lateralization of language and on hand movements. I: A dual-task paradigm study.
Cerebral lateralization for linguistic functions has been assessed by means of a dual-task, verbal-manual, paradigm (finger tapping) in 16 monolingual right-handed non-alcoholic adult male subjects after the administration of a moderate dose of ethyl alcohol (0.6 g/kg; alcoholemia > 80 mg/dl). No significant modification of hemispheric asymmetries for linguistic functions was found. Moreover, ethyl alcohol tended to affect right-hand motor function during silent tapping, while leaving left-hand performance almost unchanged.
Istituto di Fisiologia, Università degli Studi di Trieste.
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D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000187:drug effects; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D013060:Speech / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
D000431:Ethanol