| Abstract: | Two groups of 14 right-handed female undergraduates saw a series of slides for 1 msec. Subsequently, these slides were paired with similar but novel slides. One group was asked to view the pairs analytically and to select the one they thought they had seen before. The other group was asked to view the pairs holistically and indicate which of the 2 they preferred. Results support the hypothesis that analytically instructed Ss would be more likley to engage the parietal region of their left hemisphere and holistically instructed Ss would favor relative activation of the right parietal region. An inverse relation was also detected between parietal laterality and selection accuracy. It is suggested that differential hemispheric involvement may account for the observation that affective discrimination can be performed in the absence of conscious awareness. Findings are discussed in terms of a memory model of information processing. (27 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
