title: [Hemispheric differences in letter matching of hiragana and katakana].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to examine the hemispheric differences in letter matching of hiragana and katakana. The stimuli with a pair of each one letter of hiragana and katakana were presented unilaterally to the right or left visual hemifield with a tachistoscope. The subjects were 40 male right handers. They were required to judge whether a pair of letters had the same name or different one. A significant right visual hemifield superiority was observed for both the accuracy of recognition and reaction time. The results suggest that the callosal relay model of Zaidel may be applied to the name matching task.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ergonomics, Kyusyu Institute of Design.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*