Cognitive sex differences and hemispheric asymmetry: A critical review of 40 years of research

M Hirnstein, K Hugdahl… - Laterality: Asymmetries of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
According to a longstanding view, sex differences in cognitive abilities such as mental
rotation or verbal memory arise from sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry: males are …

Cognitive benefits of right-handedness: a meta-analysis

M Somers, LS Shields, MP Boks, RS Kahn… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hand preference–which is related to cerebral dominance–is thought to be associated with
cognitive skills; however, findings on this association are inconsistent and there is no …

Two distinct forms of functional lateralization in the human brain

SJ Gotts, HJ Jo, GL Wallace, ZS Saad… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The hemispheric lateralization of certain faculties in the human brain has long been held to
be beneficial for functioning. However, quantitative relationships between the degree of …

Tuning the mind: Exploring the connections between musical ability and executive functions

LR Slevc, NS Davey, M Buschkuehl, SM Jaeggi - Cognition, 2016 - Elsevier
A growing body of research suggests that musical experience and ability are related to a
variety of cognitive abilities, including executive functioning (EF). However, it is not yet clear …

Quantifying cerebral asymmetries for language in dextrals and adextrals with random-effects meta analysis

DP Carey, LT Johnstone - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Speech and language-related functions tend to depend on the left hemisphere more than
the right in most right-handed (dextral) participants. This relationship is less clear in non …

Brain dynamics of mental workload in a multitasking context: Evidence from dynamic causal modeling

J Huang, ZH Pugh, S Kim, CS Nam - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Multitasking is a common element in complex human-computer interactions and is known to
impose deleterious mental workload demands. High mental workload is known to involve …

The interaction between language and working memory: a systematic review of fMRI studies in the past two decades

Z Deldar, C Gevers-Montoro, A Khatibi… - AIMS …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Language processing involves other cognitive domains, including Working Memory (WM).
Much detail about the neural correlates of language and WM interaction remains unclear …

Mirrored brain organization: Statistical anomaly or reversal of hemispheric functional segregation bias?

R Gerrits, H Verhelst… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Humans demonstrate a prototypical hemispheric functional segregation pattern, with
language and praxis lateralizing to the left hemisphere and spatial attention, face …

Path ensembles and a tradeoff between communication efficiency and resilience in the human connectome

A Avena-Koenigsberger, B Mišić, RXD Hawkins… - Brain Structure and …, 2017 - Springer
Computational analysis of communication efficiency of brain networks often relies on graph-
theoretic measures based on the shortest paths between network nodes. Here, we explore a …

Variability in hemispheric functional segregation phenotypes: A review and general mechanistic model

R Gerrits - Neuropsychology Review, 2024 - Springer
Many functions of the human brain are organized asymmetrically and are subject to strong
population biases. Some tasks, like speaking and making complex hand movements, exhibit …