LITERACY AND HEMISPHERIC-SPECIALIZATION FOR LANGUAGE - DICHOTIC-LISTENING IN YOUNG FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE MEN

Authors
TZAVARAS A PHOCAS C KAPRINIS G KARAVATOS A
Citation
A. Tzavaras et al., LITERACY AND HEMISPHERIC-SPECIALIZATION FOR LANGUAGE - DICHOTIC-LISTENING IN YOUNG FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE MEN, Perceptual and motor skills, 77(1), 1993, pp. 195-199
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
195 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)77:1<195:LAHFL->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The functional cerebral organization of young men who were defined as illiterate was studied by testing their dichotic listening for languag e stimuli. These functionally illiterate men showed greater right ear advantage for language stimuli than 50 educated subjects, a pattern al ready observed with completely illiterate persons of both sexes. This finding is consistent with the view that mastering written codes for l anguage might be one of the most relevant parameters in hemispheric sp ecialization when language is studied.