Journal of Mental Science (1947) 93: 318-332. doi: 10.1192/bjp.93.391.318
© 1947 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Asymmetries of Sensory Functions (Spatial and Temporal Discrimination) in Normal Persons

H. H. Fleischhacker, M.D., Pathologist

Shenley Hospital, Herts

ABSTRACT

Summary and Conclusion:

  1. Spatial discrimination has been examined in 25 normal persons. In 18 of them it was better on the right hand. The other 7 persons admitted left handedness or ambidextrous tendencies.
  2. Aural discrimination of time was tested separately on each ear, in 40 normal persons. There were three groups:
    1. Essentially anatomical dextero-laterals(23), with temporal discrimination better through the left ear.
    2. Essentially anatomically sinistro-laterals (9), with temporal discrimination better through the right ear.
    3. Most likely ambilaterals (8), with no outspoken differences between right and left.

  3. Clinical, pathological and physiological experiences show that the left hemisphere in right-handed persons cannot be considered any longer as "dominant" for all nervous functions, and if we speak of hemispheric dominance we have to specify the function concerned.