The list below contains a selection of my favourite more recent scientific publications with respective links. A complete list of all articles I have been involved with, can be found on my ORCID page (here). I am happy to share pdfs on request.
Westerhausen, R. (2025). Handedness of acclaimed architects: No indication for an over-proportional representation of non-right handers. Laterality, 30(2-6), 220-234. [open access]
Westerhausen, R. , Karlsson, E.M., Johnstone, L. & Carey, D.P. (2025). Corpus callosum morphology does not depend on hand preference or hemispheric dominance for language. Brain Research, 1856, 149574. [open access]
Johansen, H., Rusten, E. H., & Westerhausen, R. (2024). No incidental memory advantage for mixed handed vs. consistent right handed participants: conflicting results from earlier research. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 131(6), 2049-2068. [open access]
Westerhausen, R. (2024). Dichotic listening and interhemispheric integration after callosotomy: a systematic review. Brain Research, 1837, 148965. [open access]
Røsvoll, Å., Rusten, E. H., & Westerhausen, R. (2024). Left-hand preference in visual artists: a pre-registered observational study on Instagram. Laterality, 29(2), 184-198. [open access] [summary]
Westerhausen, R., Fabri, M., & Hausmann, M. (2023). Dichotic-listening performance after complete callosotomy: no relief from left-ear extinction by selective attention. Neuropsychologia, 188, 108627. [open access]
Westerhausen, R. (2023). Interhemispheric integration in the split-brain: a meta-analysis of Poffenberger and redundant-target paradigms after callosotomy. Neuropsychology Review, 33, 872-890. [open access]
Roe, J.M., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., … & Westerhausen, R. (2023). Tracing the development and lifespan change of population-level structural asymmetry in the cerebral cortex. eLife, 12, e84685. [open access]
Raaf, N. & Westerhausen, R. (2023). Hand preference and the corpus callosum: Is there really no association? Neuroimage Reports, 3(1), 100160. [open access] [summary]
Hopkins, W., Westerhausen, R., Schapiro, S., & Sherwood, C. (2022). Heritability in corpus callosum morphology and its association with tool use skill in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Reproducibility in two genetically isolated populations. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 21(2), e12784. [open access]
Westerhausen, R., & Papadatou-Pastou, M. (2022). Handedness and midsagittal corpus callosum morphology: a meta-analytic evaluation. Brain Structure and Function, 227(2), 545-559. [open access] [summary]
Sha, Z., Pepe, A., Schijven, D., Carrión-Castillo, A., Roe, J. M., Westerhausen, R.,… & Francks, C. (2021). Handedness and its genetic influences are associated with structural asymmetries of the cerebral cortex in 31,864 individuals. PNAS, 118(47), e2113095118. [open access]
Westerhausen, R. & Meguerditchian, A. (2021). Corpus callosum morphology across the lifespan in baboons (Papio anubis): a cross-sectional study of relative mid-sagittal surface area and thickness. Neuroscience Research, 171, 19 – 26.[open access]
Roe, J.M., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., … & Westerhausen, R. (2021). Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s Disease. Nature Communications, 12, 721. [open access]
Westerhausen, R., Fjell, A. M., Kompus, K., Schapiro, S. J., Sherwood, C. C., Walhovd, K. B., & Hopkins, W. D. (2021). Comparative morphology of the corpus callosum across the adult lifespan in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529, 1584–1596. [open access]
Sørensen, Ø., & Westerhausen, R. (2020). From observed laterality to latent hemispheric differences: revisiting the inference problem. Laterality, 25
(5), 560-582. [open access] [R package download]
Danielsen, V. M., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Mowinckel, A. M., Sederevicius, D., Fjell, A. M., Walhovd, K. B., & Westerhausen, R. (2020). Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: regional differences and cognitive relevance. Cortex, 130, 127-141. [open access]
Kompus, K., Volehaugen, V., Todd, J., & Westerhausen, R. (2020). Hierarchical modulation of auditory prediction error signaling is independent of attention. Cognitive Neuroscience, 11(3), 132-142. [restricted access]*
Westerhausen, R., & Samuelsen, F. (2020). An optimal dichotic-listening paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric dominance for speech processing. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0234665. [open access] [DL download from OSF]
Westerhausen, R. (2019). A primer on dichotic listening as a paradigm for the assessment of hemispheric asymmetry. Laterality, 24(6), 740-771. [open access]
Westerhausen, R., Põldver, N., Naar, R., Radziun, D., Kaarep, M.S., Kreegipuu, K., Hugdahl, K., Lippus, P., & Kompus, K. (2018). Effect of voicing on perceptual auditory laterality in Estonian and Norwegian native speakers. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(2), 259-273. [restricted access]*
Westerhausen, R. & Kompus, K. (2018). How to get a left-ear advantage: a technical review of assessing brain asymmetry with dichotic listening. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 59(1), 66-73. [restricted access]*
Kompus, K. & Westerhausen, R. (2018). Increased MMN amplitude following passive perceptual learning with LTP-like rapid stimulation. Neuroscience Letters, 666, 28-31. [restricted access]*
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