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Does reversed laterality really exist in dextrals? A case study.

C Junqué·I Litvan·P Vendrell
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We report a case of a right-handed patient who, after a massive left-hemisphere infarction, had neuropsychological disturbances compatible with a right-hemisphere lesion. This has been previously called 'reversed laterality'. Two new aspects of this pattern are described: the right hemisphere is as capable as the left in processing complex syntactic and higher psycholinguistic stimuli; reversed laterality is not complete, ideomotor praxis is the only function that does not follow an inverted representation. The existence of different forms of cerebral organization in dextrals is discussed.

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C Junqué, I Litvan, P Vendrell. 1986. Does reversed laterality really exist in dextrals? A case study.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3932(86)90056-4

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