CORTICAL ACTIVATION DURING VISUAL-SPATIAL PROCESSING - RELATION BETWEEN HEMISPHERIC-ASYMMETRY OF BLOOD-FLOW AND PERFORMANCE

被引:57
作者
WENDT, PE
RISBERG, J
机构
[1] LUND UNIV,DEPT PSYCHIAT,CBF LAB,S-22101 LUND,SWEDEN
[2] LUND UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL,CBF LAB,LUND,SWEDEN
关键词
D O I
10.1006/brcg.1994.1005
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Regional cerebral blood flow was studied in normal males and females during rest and three spatial tasks: counting of rectangular shapes, mental rotation, and cube analysis. Whereas gender caused no significant differences in performance scores or asymmetries, a highly significant relation was found between performance on the cube analysis task and right > left hemisphere flow asymmetry in the parietotemporooccipital border zone (PTO region) during cube analysis. This indicates that subjects utilizing a right hemisphere strategy when solving certain spatial tasks are superior to subjects with more bilateral involvement. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
引用
收藏
页码:87 / 103
页数:17
相关论文
共 52 条
[11]   CEREBRAL LATERALIZATION - BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PATHOLOGY .1. A HYPOTHESIS AND A PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH [J].
GESCHWIND, N ;
GALABURDA, AM .
ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY, 1985, 42 (05) :428-459
[12]   CEREBRAL LATERALIZATION - BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PATHOLOGY .2. A HYPOTHESIS AND A PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH [J].
GESCHWIND, N ;
GALABURDA, AM .
ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY, 1985, 42 (06) :521-552
[13]   SEX-PHEROMONE OF THE WINTER MOTH, A GEOMETRID WITH UNUSUALLY LOW-TEMPERATURE PRE-COPULATORY RESPONSES [J].
ROELOFS, WL ;
HILL, AS ;
LINN, CE ;
MEINWALD, J ;
JAIN, SC ;
HERBERT, HJ ;
SMITH, RF .
SCIENCE, 1982, 217 (4560) :657-659
[14]   COGNITIVE TASK EFFECTS ON HEMISPHERIC BLOOD-FLOW IN HUMANS - EVIDENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES IN HEMISPHERIC ACTIVATION [J].
GUR, RC ;
REIVICH, M .
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 1980, 9 (01) :78-92
[15]  
HAGSTADIUS S, 1989, BRAIN FUNCTION DISFU, P73
[16]  
HATAZAWA J, 1987, J CEREBRAL BLOOD S1, V7, P301
[17]  
Ingvar D H, 1983, Hum Neurobiol, V2, P177
[18]   ASYMMETRY OF HUMAN BRAIN [J].
KIMURA, D .
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 1973, 228 (03) :70-78
[19]   MANUAL ACTIVITY DURING SPEAKING .1. RIGHT-HANDERS [J].
KIMURA, D .
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA, 1973, 11 (01) :45-50
[20]   MOTOR FUNCTIONS OF LEFT HEMISPHERE [J].
KIMURA, D ;
ARCHIBALD, Y .
BRAIN, 1974, 97 (JUN) :337-350