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Abstract:
Functional lateralization and pubertal maturation were
measures in fifty-five academically gifted adolescents. Results
from verbal and visuospatial split-field tasks indicated that
mathematically precocious boys exhibited atypical patterns of
asymmetry compared to all other gifted adolescents.
Additionally, we observed an association between pubertal
maturation rate and degree of performance specialty on the SAT.
Specifically, a greater discrepancy between SAT-V and SAT-M
occurred with late maturing individuals compared to early maturers.
These results suggest associations between sex, pubertal maturation
rate, functional asymmetry and cognitive performance.
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