| Abstract: | Conducted 2 experiments with 40 undergraduates to study directional-scanning in tachistoscopic recogniton, using a letter-detection procedure. Displays presented in normal orientation (Exp I) were processed left to right. The left-to-right processing reflected the order of scanning rather than simply the order of report, because the S had merely to report whether a particular letter was present or absent in the display, rather than report the entire display. When left-right mirror images were presented (Exp II), the direction of scanning changed towards right to left. Further, even with mirror reversals, performance was better on word displays than on nonword displays. (French summary) (16 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
