| Abstract: | Presented a series of single dots tachistoscopically in either the left or the right visual field, Ss task being to locate the dot on a spatial map depicting all of the lot locations presented. 7 experiments were carried out with 232 right-handed male and female undergraduates. For men, localization of the dot was more accurate in the left than in the right visual field, under all testing conditions. Women showed the left-field superiority under some testing conditions; under others they showed no difference between fields. There was no sex difference in over-all accuracy of performance, and simple detection of a dot was not more accurate in 1 field than another for either sex. Results are discussed in terms of a probable "spatial coordinate" system in the right hemisphere of the brain. (French summary) (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
