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Age-Related Evolution of the Contribution of the Right Hemisphere to Language: Absence of Evidence
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1999.
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Abstract
- The age difference observed between Wernicke's and Broca's aphasics has been understood by some authors as an indication of a progressive diminution of the contribution of the right hemisphere to language throughout the life span. To test this hypothesis, 24 right-hemisphere-damaged (RHD) and 24 normal control adults were submitted to six tasks looking at different aspects of language abilities. Results showed that RHDs performed less well than normal subjects on 3 of these tasks, but that this difference was not linked with age (younger than 55 versus older than 65 years). Consequently, these results do not support models of functional brain organization suggesting a decreasing contribution of the right hemisphere to language abilities with age.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aging
Functional Laterality
Developmental psychology
Functional brain
Aphasia, Wernicke
Aphasia
Age related
medicine
Humans
Right hemisphere
Normal control
Aged
Language
Analysis of Variance
Aphasia, Broca
Age differences
Communication
General Neuroscience
Cognition
General Medicine
Frontal Lobe
Verbal Learning
Photic Stimulation
Temporal Lobe
Acoustic Stimulation
Middle Aged
Broca
Wernicke
Cerebral hemisphere
Settore MED/26 - Neurologia
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15435245 and 00207454
- Volume :
- 99
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Neuroscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7b619e554591108ff53c6cdd4ad4daa4