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Cross-cultural differences in hemisphericity: EEG asymmetry discriminates between Japanese and Westerners
Neuropsychologia
Short Title: Cross-cultural differences in hemisphericity
Format: Journal Article
Publication Year: 1985
Pages: 131-135
Sources ID: 22635
Visibility: Private
Zotero Collections: Contexts of Contemplation Project
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that Japanese subjects exhibit different patterns of resting EEG asymmetry compared with Westerners. EEG was recorded from the left and right temporal and parietal scalp regions in bilingual Japanese and Western subjects during eyes-open and eyes-closed rest periods before and after the performance of a series of cognitive tasks. Alpha activity was integrated and digitized. Japanese subjects were found to exhibit greater relative right-sided parietal activation during the eyes closed condition. This difference was found to be a function of greater left hemisphere activation among the Westerners. Various possible contributors to this cross-cultural differences are discussed.

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