Asymmetries in hand movement during block design construction
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J DeLuca1, M E Kovaleski, R G Burright
1Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Binghamton 13901.
Neuropsychologia
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Changes in patterns of hand use were examined as a function of task demand characteristics. Using blocks, right- and left-handed male and female subjects were asked to simultaneously construct two replicas of presented patterns, one with each hand. With the presentation of visual-spatial patterns, a shift toward use of the left hand from baseline was observed. This change was least evident among right-handed females. The observed shift in hand use toward the left on a visuo-constructive block design task might suggest differential involvement of the right hemisphere with changes in task demand characteristics.