Hemispheric specialization for sign language

Giordana Grossi; Carlo Semenza; Serena Corazza; Virginia Volterra

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(96)00008-5

Hemispheric specialization for sign language

Giordana Grossi, Carlo Semenza, Serena Corazza, Virginia Volterra

Istituto di Neuroriabilitazione Motoria San Camillo

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Abstract

Most studies on sign lateralization provide inconclusive results about the role of the two hemispheres in sign language processing, whereas the cases reported in the clinical literature show sign language impairment only following left hemisphere damage, suggesting a similar neural organization to spoken languages. By discriminating different levels of processing, a tachistoscopic study found that in deaf subjects matches of sign language handshapes based on equivalence of meaning are processed faster in the right visual field, thus demonstrating a left hemisphere superiority.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	737-740
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neuropsychologia
Volume	34
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3932(96)00008-5
Publication status	Published - Jul 1996

Keywords

Hemispheric specialization
Phonological matching task
Sign language

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Behavioral Neuroscience
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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