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Association of left-handedness with ventricle size and neuropsychological performance in schizophrenia

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.8.1056

Left-handed schizophrenic patients showed lateral ventricular enlargement and generally poorer performance on intelligence and neuropsychological tests compared with right-handed schizophrenic patients. These results suggest that left-handed schizophrenic patients have more cerebral dysfunction than right-handed schizophrenic patients.

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