A simple method for measuring brain asymmetry in children: Application to autism |
| |
| Authors: | R. A. Wittling E. Schweiger L. Rizhova E. A. Vershinina L. B. Starup |
| |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, V Uvalu 84, Prague, 15006, Czech Republic;(2) Department of Neurology, Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic;(3) Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pardubice, Faculty of Health Studies, Pardubice, Czech Republic;(4) Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Charles University, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic;(5) Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic |
| |
| Abstract: | A device for measuring signal transfer within and between hemispheres has been developed at the Center for Neuropsychological Research at the University of Trier, Germany. It contains two identical panels allowing both tactile stimulation and motor response with buttons for the fingers of each hand. The buttons have two functions. They can exert a slight tactile stimulation to a finger, and they can be pressed down by the finger to provide a motor response to the tactile stimulation allowing measuring the response time. The device was used for measuring brain asymmetry in tactile processing autistic children. The participants were given a finger tapping test followed by the procedures with unilateral and bilateral processing of tactile stimulation. All participants responded positively to the test procedure and accepted it as a kind of game. The results indicated that brains were more asymmetrical in autistic children than in controls: The right hemisphere functioned quicker than the left hemisphere. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
