title: A left-hand advantage for self-description: the impact of schizotypal personality traits.
abstract: Consistent with the possibility that the right hemisphere is responsible for processing information about the self, subjects responded faster with their left hand to adjectives that were self-descriptive. However, those who scored high on the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) did not show a left-hand advantage. These data add to a growing body of evidence that implicates the right hemisphere in processing information about the self and supports the hypothesis that self-processing may be impaired in schizophrenic-like populations.
authors: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA. steven.m.platek@drexel.edu
authors: Steven M
authors: SM
authors: Platek
authors: Thomas E
authors: TE
authors: Myers
authors: Samuel R
authors: SR
authors: Critton
authors: Gordon G
authors: GG
authors: Gallup
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014705:Verbal Behavior