Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Face recognition: a general or specific right hemisphere capacity?

S C Levine1, M T Banich, M P Koch-Weser

  • 1Department of Pediatrics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago, IL 60637.

Brain and Cognition
|December 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study.

Drug and alcohol dependence·2021
Same author

Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study.

Nature neuroscience·2021
Same author

Adolescent neurocognitive development and impacts of substance use: Overview of the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) baseline neurocognition battery.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2018
Same author

The Organization of Right Prefrontal Networks Reveals Common Mechanisms of Inhibitory Regulation Across Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Processes.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2015
Same author

Reduced amygdala volume is associated with deficits in inhibitory control: a voxel- and surface-based morphometric analysis of comorbid PTSD/mild TBI.

BioMed research international·2014
Same author

Individual differences in regional prefrontal gray matter morphometry and fractional anisotropy are associated with different constructs of executive function.

Brain structure & function·2014
Same journal

Gelastic dysarthria: Speech-triggered pathological laughter with evidence for a selective pontine gating mechanism.

Brain and cognition·2026
Same journal

Brain correlates of linguistic-cognitive stimulation in neurotypical and Atypical older adult populations: A systematic review.

Brain and cognition·2026
Same journal

Effects of Dieting on Neural Encoding of Preferences for Edible and Non-Edible Rewards: An ERP Study.

Brain and cognition·2026
Same journal

Structural complexity of brain regions in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

Brain and cognition·2026
Same journal

Spatial navigation training enhances performance on large-scale and small-scale spatial tasks through different neural mechanisms.

Brain and cognition·2026
Same journal

Unraveling the link between brain injury and enhanced artistic skills.

Brain and cognition·2026
See all related articles

The right hemisphere

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychology

Background:

  • The unique nature of face recognition is debated.
  • A right hemisphere advantage for upright face recognition is often cited as evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the right hemisphere's sensitivity to orientation is unique to faces.
  • To explore the role of hemispheric arousal asymmetry in visual processing.

Main Methods:

  • Comparing orientation-sensitive right hemisphere involvement in recognizing upright and inverted faces and houses.
  • Examining visual field asymmetries in right-handed adults with differing hemispheric arousal patterns.

Main Results:

  • Comparable orientation-sensitive right hemisphere involvement was observed for both faces and houses.

Related Experiment Videos

  • This right hemisphere schema formation capacity appears applicable to familiar stimuli in canonical orientation.
  • Only right-handers with right-hemisphere-dominant arousal showed significant visual field asymmetries.

    • Conclusions:

    • The right hemisphere's role in processing upright stimuli may stem from schema formation, not face-specific mechanisms.
    • Greater right hemisphere involvement in face recognition might be due to expertise.
    • Hemispheric arousal asymmetry influences orientation-sensitive visual processing in right-handed individuals.