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Perception of words and non-words in the upper and lower visual fields.
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posted on 2006-09-21, 16:26 authored by Iain T. Darker, Timothy R. JordanThe findings of previous investigations into word perception in the upper and the lower visual field (VF) are variable and may
have incurred non-perceptual biases caused by the asymmetric distribution of information within a word, an advantage for saccadic
eye-movements to targets in the upper VF and the possibility that stimuli were not projected to the correct retinal locations. The
present study used the Reicher–Wheeler task and an eye-tracker to show that, using stringent methodology, a right over left VF
advantage is observed for word recognition, but that no differences were found between the upper and the lower VF for either word
or non-word recognition. The results are discussed in terms of the neuroanatomy and perceptual abilities of the upper and the lower
VF and implications for other studies of letter-string perception in the upper and the lower VF are presented.
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DARKER and JORDAN, 2004. Perception of words and non-words in the upper and lower visual fields. Brain and Language, 89, p. 593-600Publisher
© ElsevierPublication date
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This is Restricted Access. This article was published in the journal, Brain and language [© Elsevier] It is also available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0093934XISSN
0093-934XLanguage
- en