title: Hemispheric asymmetries in visual word-form processing: progress, conflict, and evaluating theories.
abstract: The ubiquitous left-hemisphere advantage in visual word processing can be accounted for in different ways. Competing theories have been tested recently using cAsE-aLtErNaTiNg words to investigate boundary conditions for the typical effect. We briefly summarize this research and examine the disagreements and commonalities across the theoretical perspectives. This work may provide a good example why a multi-level, multi-method, and multi-paradigm approach holds the greatest promise for rapid theoretical progress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. chad.j.marsolek-1@umn.edu
authors.forename: Chad J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Marsolek
authors.forename: Rebecca G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Deason
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*