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  • Title: Altered lateralization of cognitive processes in depressed women.
    Author: Silberman EK, Weingartner H, Stillman R, Chen HJ, Post RM.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1983 Oct; 140(10):1340-4. PubMed ID: 6624967.
    Abstract:
    Eighteen normal men and women had a left hemisphere advantage for processing a verbal task, but depressed women showed a trend toward right hemisphere superiority. In depression the right hemisphere may share functions performed exclusively by the left hemisphere in normal subjects. Altered laterality may be a trait of depression-prone people or a change related to depressive episodes themselves. In the latter case, the right hemisphere may be compensating for relative deactivation of the dominant left hemisphere.
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