Interhemispheric asymmetry in facial expression recognition: relationship to field-dependence.
Sixty college students, 30 males and 30 females, with a well defined cognitive style (measured by means of three tests), carried out a recognition task of six unambiguous facial expressions which were unilaterally presented in a tachistoscopic condition. A significant left visual field superiority was present for the field independenct subjects; a low but significant right visual field superiority was present for the field dependent subjects. No differences were found between the sexes.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*