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Alpha hemispheric asymmetry of males and females on verbal and non-verbal tasks: some preliminary results. 1979

W H Moore

The present study gathered preliminary data from males and females for verbal and non-verbal tasks to explore differences in alpha hemispheric asymmetry. Results indicated a significant task by hemispheric interaction effect which revealed significantly less alpha for the left hemisphere, as compared to the right hemisphere, for the verbal task. Significantly less alpha was found for the right hemisphere during the non-verbal task as compared to the right hemisphere on the verbal task. While significant differences between males and females were not revealed, task, subject, and stimuli differences are discussed as variables which may contribute to results obtained from hemispheric processing research.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009146	Music	Sound that expresses emotion through rhythm, melody, and harmony.	Classical Music,Hip Hop Music,Jazz Music,Rap Music,Rock and Roll Music,Songs,Vocal Melody,Hop Music, Hip,Melodies, Vocal,Melody, Vocal,Music, Classical,Music, Hip Hop,Music, Jazz,Music, Rap,Song,Vocal Melodies
D004193	Discrimination Learning	Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli.	Discriminative Learning,Discrimination Learnings,Discriminative Learnings,Learning, Discrimination,Learning, Discriminative
D004292	Dominance, Cerebral	Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions.	Cerebral Dominance,Hemispheric Specialization,Dominances, Cerebral,Specialization, Hemispheric
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000513	Alpha Rhythm	Brain waves characterized by a relatively high voltage or amplitude and a frequency of 8-13 Hz. They constitute the majority of waves recorded by EEG registering the activity of the parietal and occipital lobes when the individual is awake, but relaxed with the eyes closed.	Alpha Rhythms,Rhythm, Alpha,Rhythms, Alpha
D001307	Auditory Perception	The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism.	Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory