TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - The pathological left-handedness syndrome
JO  - Brain and cognition
A1  - Satz, Paul
A1  - Orsini, D. L.
A1  - Saslow, E.
A1  - Henry, R.
SP  - 27
EP  - 46
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - A clinical syndrome of pathological left-handedness (PLH) is proposed to identify the pattern of correlative changes in lateral development associated with early brain injury in some manifest left-handers. This syndrome is believed to be caused by a hemispheric lesion that is predominantly left-sided (or bilateral asymmetric), which onsets before Age 6, and which encroaches upon the critical speech zones of the frontotemporal/frontoparietal cortex. The pattern of changes may include any or all of the following features: shifts in manual dominance, trophic changes in the extremities, transfer of hemispheric speech, and/or intrahemispheric reorganization of visuospatial cognitive functions. Although some of these correlates of PLH have long been known, they have not been recognized as an interrelated pattern of traits that constitute a clinical syndrome. Identification of these individuals, all manifest left-handers, will be shown to have implications for diagnosis/remediation and for models of recovery of function.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-2626
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -