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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
We confirm previous evidence indicating that word length has a substantial effect on word recognition in the LVF but a much weaker effect in both the RVF and fovea. The nature of encoding in the LVF is not altered when the words are vertically displayed (Experiment 2), and the effect cannot therefore be entirely due to scanning artefact or acuity gradients in peripheral vision. We provide evidence that links the asymmetrical influence of word length directly to hemispheric specialization: left-handers, who as a group are much less consistently lateralized than right-handers are also less affected by word length in the LVF on the average (Experiment 3). This occurs because the asymmetry for certain left-handers is either very weak or, in some cases, is the complete reverse of the asymmetry observed in right-handers. Finally, we demonstrate that the length x field interaction is observed in lexical decisions (Experiment 4) which do not entail pronunciation of written words. There is some indication that concrete, high-imageable words produce a smaller effect of length in the LVF than abstract, low-imageable words, and we discuss this outcome in relation to the proposal that the right hemisphere can sometimes extract a lexical code from letter information. The concept of distinct modes of word recognition in the LVF and RVF clarifies a number of issues in laterality research, and suggests a new approach to evaluating group differences in half-field performance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0093-934X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Different modes of word recognition in the left and right visual fields.
pubmed:affiliation
Montreal Neurological Institute, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't