Sex differences in functional brain asymmetry.
Adult male right-handers showed the expected pattern of verbal intellectual decline following left-hemisphere lesions, and depressed nonverbal intelligence following right-hemisphere lesions. In contrast, right-handed women did not show selective verbal or performance intellectual deficits after unilateral brain injury. These findings suggest a greater degree of functional brain asymmetry in right-handed men than women.
McGlone
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Department of Psychology, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology