Effect of laterality of orientation on verbal memory.
This study investigated the interaction between separate control centers within a cerebral hemisphere. When subjects listen to and verbally rehearse sentences with head and eyes turned right, they subsequently show better cued recall than do subjects who were turned left. The direction of turning did not affect recall by subjects instructed to use imagery. The results suggest that the previously demonstrated effect of lateralized cognitive activity on lateral orienting is reversible.
D001288:Attention; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D012718:Set, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning