Author/Editor		Kogoj, Aleš; Mlakar, Janez; Jensterle, Jože; Vodušek, David B
Title		Development of verbal and non-verbal functions after an early brain trauma
Type		članek
Source		Neurol Psychiatry Brain Res
Vol. and No.		Letnik 11
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 127-32
Language		eng
Abstract		It was hypothesised that ealry damage to one hemispehere, results in the remaining hemisphere developing language functions first. Non-verbal functions are expected to be disadvantaged, irrespective to whether right or left hemisphere is damaged. A case of 53-year-old woman offers an opportunity to discuss issues about brain plasticity and the consequences of early brain trauma. Right sided hemispherectomy was performed at the age of 13 in order to tret intractable psychomotoric seizures. In the years following the hemispherectomy her verbal and non-verbal test scores improved significantly. Forty years after surgery, the nonverbal skills of S.P. were still superior to verbal ones. We might conclude that there is probably no priority for verbal nor nonverbal functions.
Descriptors		PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS CEREBRAL DECORTICATION NEURONAL PLASTICITY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS LANGUAGE TESTS MIDDLE AGE INTELLIGENCE TESTS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION