Functional Hemispheric Differences for the Categorization of Global and Local Information in Naturalistic Stimuli

Autor/inn/en	Hubner, Ronald; Studer, Tobias
Titel	Functional Hemispheric Differences for the Categorization of Global and Local Information in Naturalistic Stimuli
Quelle	In: Brain and Cognition, 69 (2009) 1, S.11-18 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-2626
DOI	10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.009
Schlagwörter	Brain Hemisphere Functions; Differences; Classification; Cognitive Processes; Experiments; Visual Environment; Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterscheiden; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Erprobung
Abstract	Up to now functional hemispheric asymmetries for global/local processing have mainly been investigated with hierarchical letters as stimuli. In the present study, three experiments were conducted to examine whether corresponding visual-field (VF) effects can also be obtained with more naturalistic stimuli. To this end, images of animals with a pattern placed on their body were displayed as stimuli. The task for the global level and for the local level was to categorize the animals and the patterns, respectively. As a result, VF-effects were also found for these stimuli and tasks. It is concluded that the hemispheric differences observed for hierarchical letters also hold for naturalistic stimuli. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10