Hemispheric Effects of Response Hand and Concurrent Auditory and Visual Information Processing on Task Performance

<p>Previous research (cf. Wickens, Mountford & Schreiner, 1981; Wickens & Sandry, 1982) has suggested that performance is facilitated by maintaining "integrity" between the hemisphere of information input, processing, and motor response. This task-hemispheric integrity has been found to exist during concurrent performance of verbal and spatial tasks, both of which are presented in a visual modality. The present study sought to examine whether task-hemispheric integrity exists during concurrent performance of a verbal and a spatial task when the verbal task is presented in an auditory modality and the spatial task(s) are presented in a visual modality. Fifty-six individuals (28M, 28F) performed an auditory dichotic listening task alone and concurrently with three spatial tasks, each loading on a different stage of information processing. The results indicate a differential effect of each of the spatial tasks on dichotic listening performance, with few reciprocal effects of the dichotic listening task on spatial task performance. Sex differences were also found on two of the spatial tasks. Potential theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

1989

Author dc:creator

• Guerette, Paula J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Frederick G. Freeman
• Glynn D. Coates
• Raymond H. Kirby
• Randall L. Harris, Sr.

• Cerebral hemispheres
• Split brain
• Performance
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Human Factors Psychology

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Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/psychology_etds/268

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oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:psychology_etds-1277