Laterality and cognition: The contribution of Greek scientists

Abstract

This study of the systematic relashionship between cerebral laterality and individual differences in cognitive functions is one of the most challenged and difficult to achieve goals of neuropsychology, having attract the specific interest of the scientific community the last decades. The research in both clinical popoulations and normal subjects support the existence of functional differences between the two hemispheres. This article attempts an overview of the studies conducted by Greek scientists concerning the role of laterality in cognition. Our aim is to present Greek scientists’ contribution to this specific area.