Measuring language lateralisation with different language tasks: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Language lateralisation refers to the phenomenon in which one hemisphere (typically the left) shows greater involvement in language functions than the other. Measurement of laterality is of interest both to researchers investigating the neural organisation of the language system and to clinicians needing to establish an individual's hemispheric dominance for language prior to surgery, as in patients with intractable epilepsy. Recently, there has been increasing awareness of the possibility that different language processes may develop hemispheric lateralisation independently, and to varying degrees. However, it is not always clear whether differences in laterality across language tasks with fMRI are reflective of meaningful variation in hemispheric lateralisation, or simply of trivial meth

SUBMITTER: Bradshaw AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659218 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature