An examination of relationship between subliminal perception, visual information processing, levels of processing, and hemispheric asymmetries.
A sublimiinal letter was exposed to the left or right hemisphere for either 15 or 30 msec. Subjective guesses were more accurate for visuo-spatial positional recognition made to presentations in the right hemisphere whereas verbal recognition was more accurate to presentations in the left hemisphere. The 30-msec. exposure increased the accuracy of the guesses. These findings were discussed in terms of differential triggering mechanisms for levels of hemispheric processing.
D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D013360:Subliminal Stimulation; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception