A Dominant Brain Hemisphere For Handedness - And Language

Friday, July 4, 2014 - 09:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Using a large psychometric and brain imaging database, researchers in the Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle (CNRS/CEA/Université de Bordeaux) say they have determined that the location of language areas in the brain is independent of left- or right-handedness, except for a very small proportion of left-handed individuals whose right hemisphere is dominant for both manual work and language.  read more

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