The amplitude and symmetry of right- and left-occipital lobe evoked potentials (EPs) to right and left visual-field stimulation were studied as a function of hand and eye dominance in female Ss. For all Ss, right-lobe EP amplitudes were greater than left-lobe during left visual-field, but not right visual-field, stimulation. Left-eyed Ss had significantly greater EP amplitudes than right-eyed Ss. Comparing this study with previous ones suggests a sex difference in the relationship of handedness to right lobe-left lobe asymmetry.
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