LATERALIZATION EFFECTS ACROSS SENSORY FIELDS AND STIMULUS TYPES AMONG MALES

• Authors: Misra Indiwar , Suar Damodar , Mandal Manas K.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The effect of lateralization on perceptual scanning was studied among males (N = 199). Lateralization was assessed through a handedness inventory and right-, left- and mixed-handers were identified. On split visual-field task the right-handers correctly identified verbal stimuli more in the right visual field and non-verbal stimuli in the left visual field. The left-handers performed at higher level in the left visual-field for both types of stimuli. The left-handers had recognized more stimuli than the right-handers. On the dichotic listening task the mixed-handers recognized significantly more stimuli than the right- and left-handers. The right-handers reported correctly more verbal stimuli from the right ear. The left-handers reported stimuli more correctly from the left ear. On dichaptic scanning task the left-handers showed a left hand advantage and right-handers showed a right hand advantage irrespective of the nature of stimuli. The performance of mixed-handers remained invariant across the experimental conditions on all the three tasks.

Keywords

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DICHAPTIC TECHNIQUE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HANDEDNESS; LATERALITY

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-26
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Misra Indiwar

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Suar Damodar

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Mandal Manas K.

• Indiwar Misra, Department of Psychology, B.R. Ambedkar College, University of Delhi, Main Wazirabad Road, Yamuna Vihar, Delhi-110094, India

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11SKAAAA095723