Spatial Representation of Action Phrases Among Bidirectional Readers

The Effect of Language Environment and Sentence Complexity

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ID5338731
AutoresSeta Kazandjian (Université Pierre Mendes France), Esther Gaash (Bar-Ilan University), Itamar Y Love (Bar-Ilan University), Ari Z Zivotofsky (0000-0002-7452-5382, Bar-Ilan University), Sylvie Chokron (0000-0003-1341-458X, Université Pierre Mendes France)
Año2011
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas249-258
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590
EditorialHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/1864-9335/a000069
OpenAlexW2149395327
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas48

Perceptual bias in simple visuospatial tasks, such as line bisection seen among healthy dextrals, has often been attributed to the hemispheric activation hypothesis. The often reported leftward perceptual bias was explained by an activation of the right hemisphere during visuospatial tasks. However, imposed scanning direction and stimuli saliency have also been used to explain these spatial asymmetries. One example of scanning direction is the well-trained one resulting from reading direction. Here, we present studies that target the role of reading direction on nonverbal tasks: line bisection, esthetic preference, and straight-ahead pointing by comparing left-to-right and right-to-left readers. The findings are discussed regarding the interaction between cultural factors, such as reading habits, and biological factors, such as cerebral lateralization

Action (physics) · Bisection · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Laterality · Lateralization of brain function · Linguistics · Nonverbal communication · Perception · Preference · Reading (process) · Representation (politics) · Right hemisphere · Categorization, perception, and language · Communication · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience · Psychology · Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

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