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Left‐Right Differences in Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognition
Author(s) -
Dabbs James M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1980.tb02295.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cerebral blood flow , nonverbal communication , blood flow , cognition , right handed , hemodynamics , developmental psychology , audiology , cardiology , neuroscience , medicine , physics , nuclear physics , neutrino
This study presumed that when a person drinks ice water, circulation of the blood will carry cooling to the head, causing a slight temperature drop on each side proportional to the blood flow on that side. Data from right and left handed subjects showed greater temperature drop on the nonverbal side of the head, consistent with radiological findings that the nonverbal side receives more blood. Exploratory data from English and architecture students suggest more blood may go to the side embodying the subject's major talent.