title: Hemispheric differences in global and local processing with orientation classification tasks.
abstract: Hemispheric differences in global and local processing were examined in one experiment with hierarchical stimuli. The figures consisted of large squares with the right or left side missing made up of small squares with the right or left side missing. The subjects were asked to decide the opening (left/right) of the square either at the global level or at the local level. The findings showed that with the task and stimuli used here global judgements were as fast and accurate as local judgements, the interference was bidirectional and symmetrical and, finally, that the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere had the same ability to manage with global and local information. So, the experiment does not provide evidence for hemispheric specialisation in global and local processing.
authors.affiliation: Dpto de Psicobiología y Metodología de las CC del C, Facultad de Psicología, University of Malaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain. blamen@uma.es
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blanca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alarcón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis