Motor control and neural plasticity through interhemispheric interactions

N Takeuchi, Y Oouchida, SI Izumi - Neural plasticity, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The corpus callosum, which is the largest white matter structure in the human brain,
connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the independent …

Representational pseudoneglect: A review

JL Brooks, S Della Sala, S Darling - Neuropsychology review, 2014 - Springer
Pseudoneglect, the tendency to be biased towards the left-hand side of space, is a robust
and consistent behavioural observation best demonstrated on the task of visuospatial line …

Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and …

G Vingerhoets, H Verhelst, R Gerrits, N Badcock… - Laterality, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Laterality indices (LIs) quantify the left-right asymmetry of brain and behavioural variables
and provide a measure that is statistically convenient and seemingly easy to interpret …

Sex-related differences in vision are heterogeneous

A Shaqiri, M Roinishvili, L Grzeczkowski, E Chkonia… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Despite well-established sex differences for cognition, audition, and somatosensation, few
studies have investigated whether there are also sex differences in visual perception. We …

Sex differences in motor performance and motor learning in children and adolescents: an increasing male advantage in motor learning and consolidation phase gains

S Dorfberger, E Adi-Japha, A Karni - Behavioural brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
We investigated gender differences in motor performance in 9-, 12-, and 17-year-olds. The
tasks included simple thumb tapping (sTT), handwriting (HW) and finger-to-thumb opposition …

The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the cortical activation by motor task in the human brain: an fMRI study

SH Jang, SH Ahn, WM Byun, CS Kim, MY Lee… - Neuroscience …, 2009 - Elsevier
Objectives: We attempted to evaluate whether cortical activation resulting from hand
movements is changed by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied on the …

Task complexity relates to activation of cortical motor areas during uni-and bimanual performance: a functional NIRS study

L Holper, M Biallas, M Wolf - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Hand motor tasks are frequently used to assess impaired motor function in neurology and
neurorehabilitation. Assessments can be varied by means of hand laterality, ie unimanual or …

Bi-hemispheric anodal transcranial direct current stimulation worsens taekwondo-related performance

PHC Mesquita, GM Lage, E Franchini… - Human movement …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory technique that
has been used as an ergogenic aid in exercise/sports performance. However, little is known …

Categories of manual asymmetry and their variation with advancing age

LA Teixeira - Cortex, 2008 - Elsevier
Manual asymmetries were analyzed in 18-to 63-year-old right-handers in different motor
tasks. This analysis aimed at describing the asymmetry profile for each task and assessing …

Sex differences in cortical and subcortical recruitment during simple and complex motor control: an fMRI study

S Lissek, M Hausmann, F Knossalla, S Peters… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
In this study, we compared brain activation patterns in men and women during performance
of a fine motor task, in order to investigate the influence of motor task complexity upon …