| Abstract: | Devised and used a multiple-choice test of the ability to identify popular word associations in a study with 156 neurological patients of the effect of unilateral temporal and subcortical neurosurgical operations. Mean error scores showed a significant increase only with males who had subcortical surgery in the left hemisphere. Mean error scores for females did not increase, and there was no significant change after surgery in the right hemisphere. The test appears to measure an ability with hemispheric specialization only in the brains of males, and the ability seems to differ from the traditional factor of verbal comprehension which has shown asymmetry in its cerebral organization regardless of sex. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
