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Hemispheric priming in a reading task

J Coney1

  • 1Department, Murdoch University, Australia. coney@socs.murdoch.edu.au

Brain and Language
|May 8, 1998
PubMed
Summary
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The right hemisphere aids reading comprehension in connected text, though it may rely on the left hemisphere for initial word processing. This study explored right hemisphere involvement in reading complex text.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Theories suggest the right hemisphere is crucial for reading, particularly for recognizing individual words.
  • Limited evidence exists for its role in reading connected text.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the right hemisphere's involvement in the continuous reading of connected text.
  • To examine how semantic priming affects lexical decisions in different visual fields.

Main Methods:

  • A stationary window technique presented text passages.
  • Lexical decisions were made on targets in the left visual field (LVF) and right visual field (RVF).
  • Semantic associates were used as primes presented within the text.

Main Results:

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  • Associative primes equally facilitated responses to LVF and RVF targets.
  • Response times (RTs) to LVF targets were longer than to RVF targets.
  • This suggests the right hemisphere is involved in text comprehension.

Conclusions:

  • The right hemisphere actively participates in comprehending connected text during normal reading.
  • The right hemisphere likely receives processed information from the left hemisphere for text comprehension.