Cerebral asymmetries in processing proper names: evidence of an efficiency difference.
An investigation of the capacities of the cerebral hemispheres to process proper names was conducted using a memory-scanning paradigm. The results indicated that rate at which the test name was compared against the memory set items varied with the visual half-field stimulated. This is interpreted as indicating that both hemispheres employed the same comparison process but that the left hemisphere was more efficient, reflecting a quantitative hemisphere asymmetry.
D000328:Adult; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics