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12207996

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Pairs of letters were compared after being viewed in different visual fields (i.e. across-hemispheres, AH) or in the same visual field (i.e. within-hemisphere, WH). In an abstract-category comparison task, participants decided whether two letter exemplars belonged to the same abstract category (e.g. "k" and "K") or not (e.g. "k" and "P") and performed more accurately in AH trials than in WH trials. In a specific-exemplar comparison task, they decided whether two letters within the same abstract category were the same specific exemplars (e.g. "k" and "k") or not (e.g. "k" and "K") and performed more accurately in WH trials than in AH trials. This pattern of results was observed when the exemplars in a category were visually similar (e.g. "k" and "K", "a" and "a") but not when they were visually dissimilar (e.g. "a" and "A"). The reversed association technique was used to confirm the independence of subsystems underlying abstract category and specific-exemplar comparisons. Most important, the results support the theory that a specific-exemplar subsystem is more detrimentally affected by interhemispheric transfer of information than an abstract category subsystem.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1983-99
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Interhemispheric communication of abstract and specific visual-form information.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis 55455, USA. chad.j.marsolek-1@umn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't