title: Field independence and laterality in the perception of faces.
abstract: For a sample of 28 college males the degree of left visual-field bias in the perception of faces correlated .45 (p less than .01) with extent of field-independent performance, as assessed by a composite score based on the Embedded-Figures Test, the Rod-and-Frame Test, and ratings on the Articulation-of-Body-Concept Scale. In a second study with 16 female and 10 male college subjects using the Group Embedded-Figures Test, field-independent subjects again showed greater left visual-field lateralization of face perception (r = .43, p less than .05). Based on Witkin's view of field independence as a manifestation of psychological differentiation, possible links between extent of differentiation at the psychological and neurophysiological levels are suggested.
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011386:Projective Techniques; D014794:Visual Fields; D014796:Visual Perception