the normal tendency for one half of the brain, usually the left cerebral hemisphere in right-handed people, to exercise more control over certain functions (e.g. handedness and language) than the other
Examples of 'dominant hemisphere' in a sentence
dominant hemisphere
The dominant hemisphere for the perceived stimulus class often wins this competition.
Emre Ünver, Qian Xiao, Onur Güntürkün 2019, 'Meta-Control in Pigeons (Columba livia) and the Role of the Commissura Anterior',Symmetryhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/2/124. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There isn't a dominant hemisphere in front of a silent hemisphere.
Esperanza Bausela Herreras 2006, 'Aportaciones en el estudio de la asimetría funcional', Revista Complutense de Educaciónhttp://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RCED/article/view/16842. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nine of the ten patients had seizures that were lateralized to the left (dominant) hemisphere.
Jordan T. Kamel, Radwa A.B. Badawy, Mark J. Cook 2014, 'Exercise-induced seizures and lateral asymmetry in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy',Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323213000509. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The concept of the dominant hemisphere implies uniformity of language lateralisation throughout the brain.
Chris Tailby, David F. Abbott, Graeme D. Jackson 2017, 'The diminishing dominance of the dominant hemisphere: Language fMRI in focal epilepsy',NeuroImage: Clinicalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158217300116. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dominant hemisphere cognitivo functions have been less impaired than the non-dominant ones.
A. Cukiert, M.M. Vilela, H.B. Scapolan, B. H. W. Lefèvre, L. Marques-Assis 1990, 'Mental deterioration in lafora's disease', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1990000200017&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A right-handed patient with a large left temporo-parietal infarction manifested various non-dominant hemisphere signs.
M. Fujimori, K. Wakisaka, A. Yamadori, T. Imamura, T. Uehara, K. Yamashita, M. Tabuchi 1994, 'Crossed Non-Dominant Hemisphere Syndrome in a Right-Hander', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1994-73-403. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In 31 (58.5%) there was a localization of focal ischemia in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere.
T. M. Muratova, D. M. Khramtsov, O. M. Stoyanov, Yu. M. Vorokhta, M. S. Vikarenko,G. G. Kozlova 2019, 'Post-stroke depression: predictors and prophylaxis', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6969. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The sensorimotor cortex and nonprimary motor areas of the dominant hemisphere showed more extended and more stable corticospinal connectivity.
Dominic Kraus, Alireza Gharabaghi 2016, 'Neuromuscular Plasticity: Disentangling Stable and Variable Motor Maps in the HumanSensorimotor Cortex', Neural Plasticityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7365609. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We conclude that he has a reversed cerebral laterality of cognitive functions and showed crossed non-dominant hemisphere syndrome.
M. Fujimori, K. Wakisaka, A. Yamadori, T. Imamura, T. Uehara, K. Yamashita, M. Tabuchi 1994, 'Crossed Non-Dominant Hemisphere Syndrome in a Right-Hander', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1994-73-403. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This case report describes a patient who underwent intracarotid amobarbital procedures before and after dominant hemisphere multiple hippocampal transections.
Patrick Landazuri, Jonathan Miller, Hans Lüders 2014, 'A case report of a Wada test after dominant hemisphere multiple hippocampal transections:Pathophysiology of confusion after amobarbital injection', Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323214000292. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)