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ERIC Number: EJ330301
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Left Visual-Field Advantage in Children for Processing Visual Emotional Stimuli.
Saxby, Lorie; Bryden, M. Philip
Developmental Psychology, v21 n2 p253-61 Mar 1985
Investigates cerebral asymmetries to study the perception of visually presented emotional and verbal material. Grade 1/2, Grade 4/5, and Grade 8 children reported on emotional facial expressions and on letters shown laterally and tachistoscopically. Findings indicate right hemisphere dominance for mediating visual emotional information from as early as six years of age. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Cerebral Dominance, Children, Cognitive Processes, Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries, Verbal Tests, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brain Hemispheres; Canada; Handedness