[Psychopathologic conditions from the standpoint of the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres].

A comprehensive examination of the nature of psychopathological syndromes and the functional involvement of the structures of the right or left hemispheres (assessed by the degree of spatial synchronization of the biopotentials) revealed a relationship between the features of the syndrome formation and the predominant utilization of the mechanisms of perception and procession of information common to the left (in syndromes determined by interpretative formations) or the right (in hallucinational syndromes) hemisphere. The predominant involvement of the systems of one or another hemisphere may determine some characteristics of the clinical picture of mental diseases detected in transcultural studies.