Spatial representation of action phrases among bidirectional readers. The effect of language environment and sentence complexity.

Autor/inn/en	Kazandjian, Seta; Gaash, Esther; Love, Itamar Y.; Zivotofsky, Ari Z.; Chokron, Sylvie
Titel	Spatial representation of action phrases among bidirectional readers. The effect of language environment and sentence complexity.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 42 (2011) 3, S. 249-258Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000069
Schlagwörter	Wahrnehmung; Sprache; Lesen; Dominanz; Richtung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen
Abstract	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. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2012/2