Foreword (1944 and 1963) published in the new French edition of Everett C. Hughes’ famous monograph Rencontre de deux mondes. La crise d’industrialisation du Canada français [French Canada in Transition], reproduced here with the kind authorization of Boreal Editions (Montreal).

Interhemispheric transmission time (ITT) was derived from vibratory somatosensory evoked potentials (VSEP) arising in homologous cortical sensory--association areas of normals. Two different vibratory sources, an audiometer bone oscillator or an Optacon, were used to stimulate each index finger independently. ITT was calculated by subtracting the latency of the first major peak over the contralateral cortex (CL) from the latency of the corresponding peak over the ipsilateral area (IL-CL = ITT). Readily identified aberrant values were observed and rejected from the series of measurements leaving clear normal ranges. In addition to providing normal ITT data, clinical correlations were illustrated in two different disorders. Results suggested that important information relating to diagnosis and therapy of brain pathologies affecting interhemispheric transmission can now be made available in both experimental and clinical situations.

A subject is described who can voluntarily select and hold either of two qualitatively different states of consciousness. Evidence is presented which confirmed differential left or right hemisphere dominance in each state. Asymmetries of EEG alpha and task performance scores indicated a state-dependent shift in functional lateralization. Evoked response studies showed directional changes in rate of interhemispheric transmission correlated with state-related hemisphere dominance. These findings demonstrated that capability for voluntary endogenous control of cerebral dominance under natural conditions.

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