Hemispheric Asymmetries in a Signal Detection Task

Autor: Andreassi, John L., Rebert, Charles S., Larsen, Ferol F.
Zdroj: Perceptual & Motor Skills; December 1983, Vol. 57 Issue: 3 p923-929, 7p
Abstrakt: Reaction time and signal detection performance were measured during a 78-min. vigilance task. 12 right-handed male subjects served in two experimental sessions. Subjects focused on a central fixation point and responded to signals presented at unpredictable times in one of three locations: 2.5° to right of central fixation, central, and 2.5° to the left of center. Subjects decided whether to press a response key with either the left or right hand with each presentation. Over-all vigilance performance (signal detections and response time) was similar for left and right visual-field presentations. Evidence from reaction times indicated that responses controlled by the left hemisphere were faster to a verbal stimulus (T) while reactions controlled by the right hemisphere were faster to an apparent non-verbal stimulus, an inverted T.
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