research article
Hand preference and sex shape the architecture of language networks
2006
In right-handed subjects, language processing relies predominantly on left hemisphere networks, more so in men than in women, and in right- versus left-handers. Using DT-MRI tractography, we have shown that right-handed men are massively interconnected between the left-hemisphere language areas, whereas the homologous in the right hemisphere are sparse; interhemispheric connections between the language areas and their contralateral homologues are relatively strong. Women and left-handed men have equally strong intrahemispheric connections in both hemispheres, but women have a higher density of interhemispheric connections.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000240689500006
Author(s)
Date Issued
2006
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Volume
27
Issue
10
Start page
828
End page
835
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Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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EPFL
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June 14, 2006
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