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9355814

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
One form of atypical handedness, ambiguous handedness, is found in roughly one-quarter of chronic schizophrenic patients. Despite its prevalence, relatively little is known about the neurocognitive underpinnings of ambiguous handedness. In the present study we examined the performance of ambiguous (n = 19) and non-ambiguous (n = 39) handed chronically mentally ill inpatients on selected measures of verbal learning, motor learning and manual dexterity. The results revealed that ambiguous handers were more impaired than non-ambiguous handers in verbal learning, but not motor learning. Group differences in manual dexterity were significant for the entire sample, but not when analyses were limited to males. These findings suggest that impairments in verbal learning may be linked to the pathogenesis of ambiguous handedness in chronic psychiatric patients.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurocognitive impairments associated with ambiguous handedness in the chronically mentally ill.
pubmed:affiliation
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.