Spatial picture of distribution of electroencephalogram rhythms in the right-handed students during an exam

Registration of electroencephalogram (EEG) in the right-handed students during an exam revealed weakening of alpha rhythm in all areas of right and left cerebral hemispheres as well as increased beta rhythm in parietal and end-lobes of the right hemisphere. Simultaneously regular delta waves in the frontal leads of both hemispheres and theta waves in right frontal, occipitalis and temporal leads were marked. Offset of EEG slow wave activity in the right hemisphere in partial right-handers was marked in more noticeable way than in that of the true right-handers. The obtained data suggest that the distribution of EEG rhythms in condition of mental and emotional stress in right-handers depends on the type and severity of functional hemispheric asymmetry.