Repetition priming within and between the two cerebral hemispheres |
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Authors: | Weems Scott A Zaidel Eran |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, USA. sweems@cs.umd.edu |
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Abstract: | Two experiments explored repetition priming benefits in the left and right cerebral hemispheres. In both experiments, a lateralized lexical decision task was employed using repeated target stimuli. In the first experiment, all targets were repeated in the same visual field, and in the second experiment the visual field of presentation was switched following repetition. Both experiments demonstrated hemispheric specialization for the task (a RVF advantage for word identification) and hemispheric interaction for word processing (lexicality priming from contralateral distracters). In the first experiment, words were identified more quickly and accurately following repetition, with repetition facilitating faster but fewer correct responses for non-words. Complex interactions between visual field of first and second presentation in the second experiment indicate asymmetric interhemispheric repetition priming effects. These results provide a broad picture of hemispheric asymmetries in word processing and of complex interaction between the hemispheres during word recognition. |
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Keywords: | Lexical decision Word recognition Hemispheric specialization Hemispheric interaction Laterality |
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