Lateral eye movements, hypnotic susceptibility and field independence-dependence.
Previous research indicates that lateral eye movements are associated with hemispheric activity in the brain. In the present study involving 48 female subjects, "left-gazing" (right-hemispheric activity) was positively related to field-dependence, as measured by the Embedded Figures Test and the Stroop test, and also to hypnotic susceptibility. It was concluded that field-dependence and hypnotic susceptibility are both mediated by processes associated with right-hemispheric activity.
D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005133:Eye Movements; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011340:Problem Solving; D014796:Visual Perception