Abstract
Many of the problems affecting stroke survivors seem to relate clearly to either the ‘dominant’ hemisphere (which will contain the language processing area) or the ‘non-dominant’ hemisphere (which controls much of the ‘common-sense’ processing) of the brain. In the majority of humans the dominant half of the brain is the left hemisphere, giving right-handed skills dominance over the left-handed ones.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
(Old Testament)
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Laidler, P. (1994). Cognitive impairments. In: Stroke Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3470-3_8
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