Recognition of onomatopoeias and animal cries during focalized lesions of the cerebral cortex
Assal, G.; Aubert, C.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 135(1): 65-73
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 573491 Document Number: 152156
Human recognition of animal (cat, dog, cock, ass, cow) cries and their onomatopoeias was compared during the course of right or left unilateral cortical lesions. A double dissociation is noted; in left-sided affections there is a more severe deficiency to onomatopoeia than to cries, whereas in right-sided lesions the quality of the performances is reversed. The right hemisphere is probably dominant in the auditive recognition of familiar sounds and may supply information as to the linguistic value of onomatopoeias.