Right Visual Field Attentional Bias in Reading in Children and Adults

The role of saccade preparation in lateralized word recognition: Evidence for the attentional bias theory

“…Sié roff et al (2012) expanded on Kinsbourne, 1970 theory and proposed that distribution of attentional resources during this preparatory phase might be influenced by hemispheric activation. Riva and Sié roff (2010) have provided arguments for that by showing that a distractor deteriorates the performance more significantly when it is presented before the word than simultaneously for RVF as well as LVF words. The RVF attentional bias occurring during the preparatory phase before word presentation is also compatible with the larger visual half field differences observed with bilateral than with unilateral presentation (Boles, 1987;Boles, 1990;Hunter & Brysbaert, 2008).…”