Generalization of induced interhemispheric interference: a chronometric approach to one-brain vs two-brains models of the hemispheres cooperation

• Authors: Piotr Wolski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A reaction time study with normal human subjects was conducted to obtain support for one or the other model of interhemispheric relations - referred to as the one-system and the two-systems hypotheses. 12 subjects were extensively trained in a complex reaction time task consisting of a "priming sub-task" which introduced interhemispheric interference and two different "test sub-tasks" measuring the generalization of interference. The interference priming produced visible slowing of RT's on subsequent trials. Interestingly, the deterioration of the two test sub-tasks was alike, despite the marked difference in the amount of the interhemispheric communication they required. This result is more in line with the one-system hypothesis, as the two-systems hypothesis predicts deterioration proportional to the amount of the required interhemispheric communication.

Keywords

EN

BRAIN HEMISPHERE; INTERHEMISPHERIC RELATION; MENTAL CHRONOMETRY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Marceli Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 251-256

Contributors

author

Piotr Wolski

• Document Type: paper