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Examining the contribution of motor movement and language dominance to increased left lateralization during sign generation in native signers

Eva Gutierrez-sigutHeather PayneMairéad Macsweeney

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AdultMaleLinguistics and LanguageTime FactorsSemantic fluencyAdolescentCognitive NeuroscienceMovementExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyDeafnessPhonological fluencyArticleFunctional LateralitySpeech and HearingYoung AdultHearingHumansSpeechLanguage lateralizationfTCDSign languageLanguageLinguisticsOvert language productionHandSemanticsFemale

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Highlights • We tested hemispheric lateralization for language in deaf native signers. • Signers were more strongly left lateralized for overt than covert sign generation. • We found stronger left lateralization for BSL than for English production. • Stronger left lateralization for BSL is not driven by motoric activity alone. • Stronger left lateralization is not driven by language dominance.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-08-01Brain and Language
10.1016/j.bandl.2016.06.004http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2016.06.004