Hemispheric patterns in visual search |
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Authors: | J Polich |
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Institution: | University of Wisconsin, Parkside, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A visual search paradigm was employed to examine hemispheric serial and parallel processing. Stimulus arrays containing 4, 9, or 16 elements were tachistoscopically presented to the right visual field-left hemisphere (RVF-LH) or left visual field-right hemisphere (LVF-RH). Subjects judged whether all of the elements within an array were physically the same (all X's) or whether one (O) was different from the rest. Left hemisphere presentations were processed more quickly and accurately than LVF-RH presentations for all stimulus conditions. As the number of array elements increased, more errors and longer response times were obtained for different stimulus items whereas fewer errors and somewhat shorter response times were obtained for same stimulus items. These and previous results suggest that the left hemisphere obtains an advantage for visual search because of that hemisphere's superiority for fine-grained feature analysis rather than because of a fundamental hemispheric serial/parallel processing dichotomy. |
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Keywords: | Send requests for reprints to the author at: Division of Neurology MS313 Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation 10666 N Torrey Pines La Jolla CA 92037 |
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