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Title

Cerebral laterality as assessed by functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound in left-and right-handers: A comparison between handwriting and writing using a smartphoneuse asterix (*) to get italics

Authors

Christos Samsouris, Nicholas A. Badcock, Filippos Vlachos, Marietta Papadatou-PastouPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

Year

2023

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Abstract

<p>Neuroscientific studies of traditional handwriting have revealed a left cerebral lateralization pattern for written language production, with distinct patterns between left- and right-handers. However, no study to date has investigated the cerebral lateralization of writing using a smartphone. Studying writing using a smartphone is important as more than 6 and a half billion mobile phone subscriptions were in place in 2022. In this pre-registration we present a forthcoming study which aims to compare the cerebral lateralization of handwriting and writing using a smartphone, and examine the effects of handedness. We will use functional trans-cranial Doppler ultrasound (fTCD), which allows for reliable measurements of cerebral laterality during written language. Our initial sample will be n = 40 participants (20 left-handers and 20 right-handers), with a maximum of n = 80 (40 per group) following the Sequential Bayesian Factor (SBF) with Maximal n design. We hypothesize that there will be no difference in the cerebral lateralization between handwriting and writing using a smartphone after controlling for motor activity. We also hypothesize that left-handers will exhibit a weaker left-hemispheric lateralization when compared to right-handers for the linguistic part of writing using a smartphone. Findings will highlight the neural mechanisms underlying language production using novel technologies.</p>

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Keywords

cerebral language lateralization, functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound (fTCD), writing, smartphone typing, handedness

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Thematic fields

Life Sciences, Social sciences

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Submission date

2022-11-01 10:27:39

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