Right, left or both? Brain hemispheres and apraxia of naturalistic actions.
Neuropsychology allows us to see more clearly how brain processes are organized by looking at the way they fall apart. For example, a hundred years of research on brain-damaged individuals with deficits of higher-level motor abilities have shed light on the organization of normal motor abilities. A consistent finding has been the dominant role of the left hemisphere in motor control in right-handers. However, the recent paper of Hartmann et al. challenges this tradition by suggesting that both hemispheres can contribute to complex object and tool use.
Rumiati
Raffaella Ida
RI
Settore di Neuroscienze Cognitive, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy. rumiati@sissa.it
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001072:Apraxias / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*