Posted by Pfinstegg on March 21, 2005, at 11:09:57
In reply to Re: rTMS promising treatment or not? » Pfinstegg, posted by KaraS on March 20, 2005, at 18:10:17
As to being left-handed, I don't think it applies to any ADs. But in TMS, they most often treat your left lateral pre-frontal cortex, although in some studies they are treating the right lateral prefrontal- the areas for recognizing emotions in facial expressions, processing emotions, and learning to self-calm. I have seen two studies where this has been helpful with PTSD, so there are lots of different, promising ways to use TMS which are being explored. The best known one, so far, is the left frontal, rapid frequency treatment, which is what I have been having. Almost everyone, including left-handers, have their language and problem-solving areas in the left frontal cortex, but an occasional, maybe rare, left-hander, has a complete reversal of the hemispheres, with language and problem-solving on the right side. They exclude all left-handed people in their studies so as to eliminate this possible, though rare, situation of treating a completely different part of the brain.
I guess, to help the researchers do their work as well as possible, and find good treatments for us in the future, you do have to own up to being left-handed, even though you sound quite ambidextrous!
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