title: Interhemispheric transfer time in sportsmen.
abstract: The authors' aim was to compare interhemispheric transfer time between 2 groups: highly skilled sportsmen and control subjects. Left- and right-handed individuals were included in the study. The Poffenberger paradigm was used to measure the crossed-uncrossed difference, representing the time to transfer information from one hemisphere to the other. No difference in laterality was found, but the results revealed a greater crossed-uncrossed difference in the skilled sportsmen than in the controls. The authors suggest that this may be due to more highly developed within-hemisphere integration of inputs and outputs, at the expense of cross-hemisphere integration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology, Embryology, and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, Italy. gabriele.semprini@unibo.it
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Semprini
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coggi
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Corballis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000502:physiology*; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult