| Autor: |
Hatta, Takeshi, Miyazaki, Mayumi |
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Imagination, Cognition and Personality; October 1989, Vol. 9 Issue: 2 p91-102, 12p |
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Two experiments were conducted to examine the ability of visual imagery processing in abacus experts. Abacus experts and normal control subjects (university students) with no abacus training were given word and picture matching tasks for Experiment 1, and digit sequence and abacus-picture matching tasks for Experiment 2. The pictures, comparison stimuli, were tachistoscopically presented in either the left or the right visual field. The results indicated that: 1) the abacus experts performed matching tasks under all conditions of both experiments faster than the control group; 2) the abacus experts showed a left visual field advantage regarding the imagery condition in both Experiments; and 3) the control group showed a right visual field advantage in the rehearsal conditions of both experiments and in the imagery condition of Experiment 2. The effects of abacus practice on imagery processing ability were discussed based upon the different patterns of visual field differences between the abacus experts and the control group. |
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