[Hemispheric differences in visual evoked potentials during the discrimination of consonants and signs]

Arch Neurobiol (Madr). 1991 Sep-Oct;54(5):223-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Visual evoked responses were recorded in response to a series of consonants and non-linguistic signs randomly presented. We compared, with a sample of 16 young volunteers, P300 and N400 latency and amplitude in order to detect possible asymmetries. Results in amplitude showed a significant asymmetry within right hemisphere, both in P300 and N400 components. Latency results failed to present any significant difference during the discrimination of consonants, while non-linguistic signs discrimination reflect an asymmetrical tendency in P300 component.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / physiology
  • Discrimination, Psychological / physiology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials, Visual*
  • Humans
  • Reaction Time
  • Reading*