1993
Asymmetrical Visual Deprivation: A Technique to Differentially Influence Lateral Hemispheric Function
Levick S, Wexler B, Lorig T, Gur R, Gur R, Schwartz G. Asymmetrical Visual Deprivation: A Technique to Differentially Influence Lateral Hemispheric Function. Perceptual And Motor Skills 1993, 76: 1363-1382. PMID: 8337093, DOI: 10.2466/pms.1993.76.3c.1363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual deprivationHemispheric functionCross-modal influencesSpatial orientation taskPerception of pleasantnessLine bisection testVisual attentionVerbal reasoningContact lens methodIntegrated brainOrientation taskLeft hemisphereMood statesEEG thetaMore thetaLateral asymmetryActivation balanceGeneral hypothesisThetaPleasantnessDeprivationHemisphereInput deprivationPerceptionTask
1992
Dichotic listening in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia
Ragland J, Goldberg T, Wexler B, Gold J, Torrey E, Weinberger D. Dichotic listening in monozygotic twins discordant and concordant for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research 1992, 7: 177-183. PMID: 1515379, DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(92)90048-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDichotic listeningSmaller right-ear advantageAllocation of attentionDichotic listening scoresRight ear advantageDichotic listening testNeutral wordsEmotional wordsEmotional stimuliLateralized representationEar advantageLeft hemisphereListening scoresWord versionHandedness scoresListening tests
1991
Cerebral laterality, symptoms, and diagnosis in psychotic patients
Wexler B, Giller E, Southwick S. Cerebral laterality, symptoms, and diagnosis in psychotic patients. Biological Psychiatry 1991, 29: 103-116. PMID: 1995082, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(91)90039-o.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ear advantageLower right-ear advantagesManic patientsPositive symptomsNegative symptomsCerebral lateralitySubset of patientsDisease-related decreaseWord TestSchizoaffective patientsSymptomatic inpatientsDepressed patientsHealthy controlsSymptom remissionSchizophrenic patientsMood disturbancePatientsMore symptomsPsychotic patientsSymptomsDichotic word testLeft hemisphereEar advantageThought disorderSimilar changes
1986
Effects of emotion on perceptual asymmetry: Interactions with personality
Wexler B, Schwartz G, Warrenburg S, Servis M, Tarlatzis I. Effects of emotion on perceptual asymmetry: Interactions with personality. Neuropsychologia 1986, 24: 699-710. PMID: 3785657, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(86)90009-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual asymmetryAnxious subjectsEffects of emotionHigh-anxious subjectsLow-anxious subjectsLeft-hemisphere functionDichotic word testDichotic listening testWord TestEmotional qualityLeft hemisphereEmotionsPersonality characteristicsInformation processingPersonality groupsBrain statesListening testsNeutral testWordsHemispherePersonalitySubjectsProcessingTestAsymmetry