Identification and storage of line drawings presented to the left and right cerebral hemispheres of adults and children.
Line drawings of common objects were presented bilaterally, with one drawing in each visual hemifield, to right-handed children aged five, seven and eleven years, and to adults, who were required to name them. Left-right or right-left order for report was counterbalanced by means of a cue consisting of underlining the drawing to be reported first. No visual hemifield difference was found for subjects' first reports, and a small right visual hemifield (RVF) superiority was found for subjects' second reports. This visual hemifield X report interaction was unrelated to age. The result is taken to indicate that there is no change in the age range studied in the relative abilities of the left and right cerebral hemispheres to recognise the drawings used, but that at all ages the right hemisphere is less able than the left to effect the temporary storage needed when a drawing is to be reported second.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall