Development of bilateral parietal activation for complex visual-spatial function: Evidence from a visual-spatial construction task.

ABSTRACT: The neural representation of visual-spatial functions has traditionally been ascribed to the right hemisphere, but little is known about these representations in children, including whether and how lateralization of function changes over the course of development. Some studies suggest bilateral activation early in life that develops toward right-lateralization in adulthood, while others find evidence of right-hemispheric dominance in both children and adults. We used a complex visual-spatial construction task to examine the nature of lateralization and its developmental time course in children ages 5-11 years. Participants were shown two puzzle pieces and were asked whether the pieces could fit together to make a square; responses required either mental translation of the pieces (Translati

SUBMITTER: Ferrara K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594159 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature