Effects of Induced Lateral Gaze on Performance on the Rod and Frame Test

Gross, Yigal; Even, A.; Feldman, Bar; Glaubman, Hananyah

doi:10.2466/pms.1981.52.3.771

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“…Induced attention to the right or the left has been shown to activate selectively those functions which are asymmetrically represented in the contralateral hemisphere (Gross, Even, Feldman & Glaubman, 1981;Hines & Martindale, 1974;LaTorre & LaTorre, 1982;Lempert & Kinsbourne, 1982;Malamed & Larsen, 1977;McFarland, 1985;Walker, Wade & Waldman, 1982).…”

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Self-Serving Biases in Causal Attributions as A Function of Altered Activation Asymmetry

Drake¹,

Seligman²

1989

International Journal of Neuroscience

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The method of induced lateral orientation of attention was selectively used to alter the balance of activation of the brain toward one cerebral hemisphere or the other. The goal was to extend earlier research which showed greater personal optimism for future events during left hemisphere activation to the related phenomenon of causal attributions. As predicted, there was significantly greater self-serving bias (attribution of internal, stable, and global causes for positive events and external, unstable, and specific causes for negative events) during left hemisphere than during right hemisphere relative activation. This was true for achievement but not for affiliation events. These effects were explained in terms of the increased positive affect which correlates with greater left hemisphere activation. Selective activation of the left hemisphere as a means temporarily to alter attributional style was discussed as a possible tool in the treatment of learned helplessness and depression.

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Self-Serving Biases in Causal Attributions as A Function of Altered Activation Asymmetry

Drake¹,

Seligman²

1989

International Journal of Neuroscience

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“…In this procedure, the direction of the subjects' gaze when presented with a problem is used to infer the hemisphere which is processing the information at hand, under the rationale that subjects use the hemisphere contralateral to the direction of their gaze. For example, Gross, Even, Feldman, and Glaubman (1981) manipulated the position of their subjects relative to the test apparatus, in order to force them to look at the apparatus while gazing to the left or to the right. This manipulation was presumed to induce the use of the processes represented in the contralateral hemisphere, and led to a left hemisphere advantage.…”

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Masking and visual field effects on a lateralized rod-and-frame test.

Voyer

Bryden²

1993

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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The rod-and-frame test (RFT) has been widely used in the study of sex differences in spatial abilities. However, Iaterality studies involving this test are very scarce. An experiment was conducted to investigate whether Iaterality effects would be affected by post-stimulus masking. Ninety-six subjects participated in the experiment. For half the subjects, stimuli were followed by a blank screen, while for the other half, stimuli were followed by a mask. An overall left visual field advantage (LVFA) was found in the task. An interaction of sex of subjects, masking conditions, and frame tilt was also found. Further analyses showed that the sex by angle of frame interaction was significant when a mask was presented after the stimuli, but not when no mask followed the stimuli. Data tended to confirm the hypothesis that the LVFA was only significant when a mask was presented after the stimuli. These findings demonstrate the usefulness of a masking procedure in visual field studies, whereas the right hemisphere advantage found on the RFT is consistent with previous findings with visuo-spatial tasks.Resume L'epreuve de la baguette et du cadre a ete largement utilisee pour l'etude des differences entre hommes et femmes sur le plan des habiletes spatiales. En revanche, rares sont les etudes de lateralite faisant appel a cette epreuve. Une experience a et6 realisee afin de determiner si Ie masquage suivant la presentation d'un stimulus influe sur les effets de lateralite. Quatre-vingtseize sujets, les stimuli etaient suivis d'un ecran blanc, alors que pour l'autre moitie, ils etaient suivis d'un masque. On a releve la «superiorit6» globale du champ visuel gauche dans l'execution de la tache. On a egalement constate ['interaction du sexe des sujets, des conditions de masquage et de I'inch'naison du cadre. D'autres analyses ont montre qu'il y avait une interaction noble du sexe des candidats et de Tangle du cadre lorsqu'un masque etait presente apres le stimulus, mais non lorsqu'il n'y avait pas de masque; les hommes ont obtenu de meilleurs resultals que les femmes lorsque le cadre etait incline et qu'un masque suivait le stimulus. Les donnees tendent a confirmer l'hypothese selon laquelle la dominance du champ visuel gauche est appreciable uniquement lorsqu'un masque est presente apres le stimulus. Ces resultats demontrent l'utilite du masque dans les etudes sur

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A role for hemispheric asymmetry in human behavioral variability

Drake

Crow

1989

Pav. J. Biol. Sci.

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Effects of Induced Lateral Gaze on Performance on the Rod and Frame Test

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Self-Serving Biases in Causal Attributions as A Function of Altered Activation Asymmetry

Self-Serving Biases in Causal Attributions as A Function of Altered Activation Asymmetry

Masking and visual field effects on a lateralized rod-and-frame test.

A role for hemispheric asymmetry in human behavioral variability

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