METHOD FOR EVALUATING HUMAN HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61B5/107 A61H39/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to psychophysiology. The acupuncture points 26XIII zhen-chzhun, VM3 in-tan are localised and marked by a colour. A full-face photography 10×15 cm is taken to draw a vertical straight line through two marked points. The pupil centres are marked to draw therethrough vertical and horizontal lines respectively parallel and perpendicular to a sagittal face midline line of the person and within the accuracy of 0.1 mm. A hemispheric asymmetry coefficient is calculated: K_as=0.1×A/(C-D)±B, where A is a horizontal distance of the pupil centres; B is a vertical distance of the pupil centres - with a "+" sign, if a right eye is higher than a left one; with a "-" sign, if a left eye is higher than a right one; O is a distance of the right pupil centre and the face midline; D is a distance of the left pupil centre and the face midline. At the coefficient K_as values are within 0 to 5.0, a right-hemispheric asymmetry is stated, while the K_as values -5.0 to 0 show a left-hemispheric asymmetry. A degree of asymmetry increases with the K_as value approaching to zero, and the K_as value equal to zero testifies to the presence of the complete hemispheric symmetry.

EFFECT: method extends the range of products for evaluating the hemispheric asymmetry.

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