Interlateral asymmetry in the time course of the effect of a peripheral prime stimulus


Autoria(s): CASTRO-BARROS, B. A.; RIGHI, L. L.; GRECHI, G.; RIBEIRO-DO-VALLE, L. E.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2008

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Evidence exists that both right and left hemisphere attentional mechanisms are mobilized when attention is directed to the right visual hemifield and only right hemisphere attentional mechanisms are mobilized when attention is directed to the left visual hemifield. This arrangement might lead to a rightward bias of automatic attention. The hypothesis was investigated by testing male volunteers, wherein a ""location discrimination"" reaction time task (Experiments 1 and 3) and a ""location and shape discrimination"" reaction time task (Experiments 2 and 4) were used. Unilateral (Experiments 1 and 2) and unilateral or bilateral (Experiments 3 and 4) peripheral visual prime stimuli were used to control attention. Reaction time to a small visual target stimulus in the same location or in the horizontally opposite location was evaluated. Stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) were 34, 50, 67, 83 and 100 ms. An important prime stimulus attentional effect was observed as early as 50 ms in the four experiments. In Experiments 2, 3 and 4, this effect was larger when the prime stimulus occurred in the right hemifield than when it occurred in the left hemifield for SOA 100 ms. In Experiment 4, when the prime stimulus occurred simultaneously in both hemifields, reaction time was faster for the right hemifield and for SOA 100 ms. These results indicate that automatic attention tends to favor the right side of space, particularly when identification of the target stimulus shape is required. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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BRAIN AND COGNITION, v.66, n.3, p.265-279, 2008

0278-2626

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/27961

10.1016/j.bandc.2007.09.007

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2007.09.007

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eng

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

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Brain and Cognition

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Palavras-Chave #automatic attention #time course #interlateral asymmetry #orienting #focusing #VISUAL-SPATIAL ATTENTION #EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS #VISUOSPATIAL ATTENTION #NEGLECT #COMPONENTS #PARIETAL #DISCRIMINATION #SCHIZOPHRENIA #LOCALIZATION #MECHANISMS #Neurosciences #Psychology, Experimental
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