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Science 13 April 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4082, pp. 205 - 208
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4082.205
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Unilateral Cortical Activity in Newborn Humans: An Early Index of Cerebral Dominance?

David H. Crowell. 1, Richard H. Jones 2, Linda E. Kapuniai 3, and Joann K. Nakagawa 2

1 Newborn Psychological Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Hospital, Honolulu 96822
2 Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii
3 Newborn Psychological Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii

Spectral analyses show unilateral photic driving in newborn human infants to bilateral repetitive visual stimulation. Results are interpreted as evidence of dominance in the right hemisphere for rhythmic visual stimuli and lack of interhemispheric integration.

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