Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 22, 2026

Central and Divided Visual Field Presentation of Emotional Images to Measure Hemispheric Differences in Motivated Attention
Published on: November 16, 2017
The role of the cerebral hemispheres in specific versus abstract priming
Michal Schnaider Beeri1, Eli Vakil, Abraham Adonsky
1Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. michal.beeri@mssm.edu
Abstract:
The present study examined specific and abstract priming for pictures in unilateral brain-damaged patients using a picture fragment identification task. Participants were 10 posterior right hemisphere (RH) damaged patients, 11 posterior left hemisphere (LH) damaged patients, and 30 healthy normal controls. Results reveal that RH patients perform specific priming tasks significantly worse than healthy participants (p < .005). There was a trend (p < .1) towards worse abstract priming in LH patients when compared to healthy participants. These results are additional evidence that specific priming depends on normal functioning of the posterior right cerebral hemisphere, while abstract priming depends on normal functioning of the posterior left cerebral hemisphere, and extend this finding from verbal to non-verbal stimuli.
More Related Videos
08:17A Semantic Priming Event-related Potential (ERP) Task to Study Lexico-semantic and Visuo-semantic Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published on: April 12, 2018
07:03Evaluation of Hemisphere Lateralization with Bilateral Local Field Potential Recording in Secondary Motor Cortex of Mice
Published on: July 31, 2019
Related Concept Videos
Cerebral Hemispheres
Lateralization
Cerebrum: Anatomical Overview II
Role of Cerebellum and Prefrontal Cortex in Memory
Automatic Processing and Automatic Social Behavior
Lobes of the Cerebrum
Frontal lobe
The frontal lobes, located behind the forehead, are the command center of our brain, controlling personality, intelligence, and voluntary muscle movements.