The hypothesis of right hemisphere predominance in REM sleep and of an increase in left activity throughout the night have been tested by analyzing the distribution of vertical and of horizontal rapid eye movements (REMs) to the right and to the left during the first and the last REM periods in 5 right-handed subjects. Neither the expected superiority of REMs to the left nor variations along the REM periods were found. For vertical eye movements our data suggest a superiority of upward movements during REM. In waking some empirical evidences suggest a relationship between upward eye movements and right hemisphere functioning although to date no hemispheric model can explain it.
La direzione dei movimenti oculari come indice di asimmetrie emisferiche durante il sonno REM / DE GENNARO, Luigi; Violani, C.; Capogna, M.. - In: BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETA' ITALIANA DI BIOLOGIA SPERIMENTALE. - ISSN 0037-8771. - STAMPA. - 60:(1984), pp. 1587-1592.
La direzione dei movimenti oculari come indice di asimmetrie emisferiche durante il sonno REM.
DE GENNARO, Luigi;VIOLANI C.;
1984
Abstract
The hypothesis of right hemisphere predominance in REM sleep and of an increase in left activity throughout the night have been tested by analyzing the distribution of vertical and of horizontal rapid eye movements (REMs) to the right and to the left during the first and the last REM periods in 5 right-handed subjects. Neither the expected superiority of REMs to the left nor variations along the REM periods were found. For vertical eye movements our data suggest a superiority of upward movements during REM. In waking some empirical evidences suggest a relationship between upward eye movements and right hemisphere functioning although to date no hemispheric model can explain it.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
