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Motor Control Organization and Features of Cerebral Functional Asymmetry in Wrestlers

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Factor analysis of the motor profile parameters demonstrated that the so-called instrumental tests became a separate factor only in athletes, and the features of carrying out these tests correlated with the wrestlers' stances. Apart from this, different indices of the athletes' hand preference were divided into many factors. The data of dichotic and dichoptic tests showed that, firstly, the athletes demonstrated a preponderance of the right hemisphere in processing verbal and visual–spatial information; secondly, the wrestlers' athletic results correlated with the preponderance of the left hemisphere in speech perception. The controversial character of the data obtained is explained by the bilateral organization of motor control in wrestlers and the involvement of the regulatory mechanisms of the interhemispheric interaction.

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    N. N. Nikolaenko, S. V. Afanas'ev & M. M. Mikheev

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Nikolaenko, N.N., Afanas'ev, S.V. & Mikheev, M.M. Motor Control Organization and Features of Cerebral Functional Asymmetry in Wrestlers. Human Physiology 27, 190–196 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011027300206

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