Abstract
Research on individual differences in sleep as a function of handedness is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on a new way of approaching handedness in terms of degree (strong/consistent versus mixed/inconsistent), as opposed to the traditional focus on direction (right versus left). Handedness differences in sleep architecture reflect increased time in REM sleep and decreased time in NREM sleep in consistent right-handers. A framework relating increased interhemispheric interaction in mixed-handers, increased interhemispheric interaction during episodic retrieval, increased interhemispheric interaction during NREM sleep, and the role of NREM sleep in memory consolidation is discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Review of Neurobiology |
| Publisher | Academic Press Inc. |
| Pages | 215-232 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Edition | C |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | International Review of Neurobiology |
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| Number | C |
| Volume | 92 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0074-7742 |
Keywords
- Handedness
- Individual differences
- Interhemispheric interaction
- Lateral dominance
- Sleep
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Christman, S. D., & Propper, R. E. (2010). Dreaming, Handedness, and Sleep Architecture: Interhemispheric Mechanisms. In International Review of Neurobiology (C ed., pp. 215-232). (International Review of Neurobiology; Vol. 92, No. C). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7742(10)92011-4