Hemispheric contribution to vertex augmentation/reduction of the auditory evoked potential
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- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
- Vol. 43 (4), 347-354
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x1985000400002
Abstract
Starting off from the notion that the cerebral hemispheres differ in their processing mode, this paper reports on stimulus intensity modulation of auditory evoked potentials recorded from hemispheric leads (C3 and C4 referenced to ipsilateral mastoid processes) in a sample of 40 male Ss between 18 to 40 years of age. The experimental set up involved the recording of series of 100 trials to binaural clicks of 63.5, 74.6 and 85dB AL. Ss who were augmenters at the vertex showed positive Amplitude-Intensity function slopes over the left hemisphere; when Ss were Reducers at the vertex, the slopes were negative on the right hemisphere. These results are interpreted in terms of attention deployment or allocation to one or the other hemispheric processing mode. This might constitute a trait-like enduring subject characteristic whose relation to traditional psychometric variables needs further exploration. The modality especificity of this phenomenon is also discussed.Keywords
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