Abstract
Five experiments are reported examining the effect of attentional orienting on lexical decisions within visual half-fields. In Experiment 1, following baseline performance, subjects were instructed to improve performance to the right or left of the fixation point. In Experiment 2, trials were run in blocks with all items to one side of the fixation point. In Experiment 3, completely valid position indicators as to the location of the next item to be shown were presented prior to the stimulus item. In Experiment 4, to examine practice effects, no instructions or cuing were given to subjects. In Experiment 5, subjects were urged to improve performance, but with no instructions as to location. As a summary of our results, it can be stated that (a) consistent visual field differences in lexical decision performance are present, even when subjects were informed, prior to viewing, of the spatial location of the next stimulus item. (b) Lexical decision information initially input to one cerebral hemisphere is primarily processed in that hemisphere. Interhemispheric transfer of this type of language information seems to be done primarily as the end product of a cognitive process.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 650-666 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1985 |
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- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Cognitive Neuroscience
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Orienting Attention Within Visual Fields. How Efficient Is Interhemispheric Transfer? / Hardyck, Curtis; Chiarello, Christine; Dronkers, Nina; Simpson, Gregory V.
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AU - Hardyck, Curtis
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AU - Simpson, Gregory V.
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