Date of Award
2010
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Keywords
Psychology, Clinical.
Supervisor
Abeare, Christopher (Psychology)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
The present study investigates hemispheric differences in semantic priming across handedness groups. A lexical decision task was administered to 87 individuals, classified into handedness groups: consistent right-handers; consistent left-handers; and inconsistent-handers. Participants were presented with strongly- and nonassociated category members in a visual half-field semantic priming task. The hypothesis was that the dominant hemisphere would have an advantage for strongly-associated category members, and the nondominant hemisphere would have an advantage for nonassociated category members. This effect was expected to be determined by handedness, where consistent right-handers have left-hemisphere language dominance, consistent left-handers have right-hemisphere dominance, and inconsistent-handers have no hemispheric dominance. Although the expected interaction was not found, effects of SOA, word association, and visual field were consistent with previous findings. When handedness was re-classified by stated handedness, there was an association between handedness and visual field. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Coppens, Andrea M., "Hemispheric Differences in Semantic Priming Examined Across Handedness Groups" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 27.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/27