title: Comparing the cerebral hemispheres on the speed of spatial shifts of visual attention: evidence from serial search.
abstract: We compared the speed at which visuo-spatial attention may be shifted from one stimulus to another as a function of the visual hemifield in which the items were displayed in a visual search task requiring serial processing. The increase in response time with the number of items displayed was similar for left- and right-hemifield presentations. This suggests that the rate at which visuo-spatial attention can be shifted from one stimulus to another during visual search does not differ between the cerebral hemispheres.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Université de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arguin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joanette
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time