Left-right differences in tachistoscopic recognition as a function of familiarity and pattern orientation.

Abstract

Studied left-right differences in tachistoscopic recognition using 1st- and 4th-order approximations to English arranged in either horizontal or vertical rows. Ss were 32 undergraduates. Letter sequences displayed in the right visual field were identified more accurately than those displayed in the left visual field, regardless of orientation or order of approximation. The difference between orders of approximation was greater for horizontal displays than for vertical displays. Results indicate that the familiarity effect is due, in part, to directional scanning processes and that these scanning processes do not produce a right visual field superiority. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)