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Science 8 May 1981:
Vol. 212. no. 4495, pp. 693 - 695
DOI: 10.1126/science.7221560
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Science, Vol 212, Issue 4495, 693-695
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Sex differences in the effects of unilateral brain damage on intelligence

J Inglis and JS Lawson

A sexual dimorphism in the functional asymmetry of the damaged human brain is reflected in a test-specific laterality effect in male but not in female patients. This sex difference explains some contradictions concerning the effects of unilateral brain damage on intelligence in studies in which the influence of sex was overlooked.


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