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. 2011 Sep 18;14(10):1245-6.
doi: 10.1038/nn.2905.

A lateralized brain network for visuospatial attention

Michel Thiebaut de Schotten  1 , Flavio Dell'Acqua, Stephanie J Forkel, Andrew Simmons, Francesco Vergani, Declan G M Murphy, Marco Catani
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A lateralized brain network for visuospatial attention

Michel Thiebaut de Schotten et al. Nat Neurosci. .

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  • Nat Neurosci. 2011 Dec;14(12):1617

Abstract

Right hemisphere dominance for visuospatial attention is characteristic of most humans, but its anatomical basis remains unknown. We report the first evidence in humans for a larger parieto-frontal network in the right than left hemisphere, and a significant correlation between the degree of anatomical lateralization and asymmetry of performance on visuospatial tasks. Our results suggest that hemispheric specialization is associated with an unbalanced speed of visuospatial processing.

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