In article <4744gu$n0s at epervier.CC.UMontreal.CA>, belanm at tornade.ere.umontreal.ca writes:
> I would like to know if any study has been done to determine where
> the center of language processing is located when deaf persons are
> concerned. And if so, is it differently located than in ther non-deaf.
>> Marc A. Belanger.
>Try looking up papers by Ursula Bellugi and by Poizner (sp?)...I did a little
reading on it for a student seminar...which suggests that sign language is also
left hemisphere dominant, spatial tasks related to sign are left side while non
language spatial task are right side, so there is some distinction. I don't
remember anything specific to regions, I think they may be similar except I
know one paper noted aphasia in deaf person with a left parital lesion that
would not be expected to cause aphasia in hearing/spoken language
patients...they suggested that perhaps regions used for higher associational
spatial processing may have a role in sign language but are not involved in
spoken language.
Jen
