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Peer reviewedAram, Dorothy M.; Eisele, Julie A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This article discusses the hypothesis of unilateral left hemisphere damage as an explanatory model for the neurological basis of specific language impairment considering both evidence challenging the theory as well as evidence supporting it. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Etiology, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
Peer reviewedTurkheimer, Eric; And Others – Intelligence, 1993
Relationships between brain-lesion location and behavior in 33 males and 31 females with unilateral lesions were studied. Statistical tests suggest that a single model can describe the relationships for females, but in males separate models of the relationships between lesion location, verbal intelligence quotient, and performance intelligence…
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Females
