Reliability of verbal-manual interference |
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Authors: | Diann G. Clark Barry Guitar Paul R. Hoffman |
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Affiliation: | Department Communication Science and Disorders, University of Vermont U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Considerable recent research has used unimanual finger tapping with concurrent vocalization to assess hemispheric lateralization for language. This study examined whether an index finger tapping task is a reliable measure in adults and whether the task demonstrates sex differences in hemispheric specialization for language. Thirty right-handed subjects, fifteen male and fifteen female, between the ages of 18 and 25 were tested. The task measured the differences in tapping rate for each hand between tapping with and without a concurrent verbal task. The task was completed once each day for 3 consecutive days to determine reliability. The tapping task was found to be a reliable measure. No significant differences were found between tapping scores of males and females. |
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Keywords: | Address correspondence and requests for reprints to Barry Guitar Department of Communication Science and Disorders University of Vermont Burlington VT 05405. |
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