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Hemispheric dominance has its origins in the control of the midline organs of speech

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Norman D. Cook*
Affiliation:
Informatics Department, Kansai University, Takatsuki, Osaka 569, Japan

Abstract:

Unlike all other lateral specializations, the necessity for unilateral dominance is clear only for the case of the motor control of the speech organs lying on the midline of the body and innervated from both hemispheres. All functional asymmetries are likely to be a consequence of this asymmetry of executive control.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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