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Worlds apart: Pictorial semantics in the left and right cerebral hemispheres

Zaidel, Dahlia W. (1994) Worlds apart: Pictorial semantics in the left and right cerebral hemispheres. [Journal (Paginated)]

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Abstract

The dominant view in neuropsychology fails to consider that the hemispheric "functional division of labor" in terms of language versus non-language reflects but one dimension of hemispheric differences. That is, specialization of language in the left hemisphere and of spatial orientation in the right represent only specific aspects of the general underlying hemispheric meaning systems. Indeed, we have found that there can be two full-blown meaning systems, one in the left and one in the right, which can operate separately and simultaneously in the normal brain. ~

Item Type:Journal (Paginated)
Keywords:hemispheric specialization, schema, schemata, long-term memory, semantic memory, left hemisphere, right hemisphere, meaning systems, scenes, violations, incongruous, natural categories, typicality, art and brain.
Subjects:Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience > Neurology
Neuroscience > Neuropsychology
ID Code:923
Deposited By: Zaidel, Dahlia W.
Deposited On:13 Aug 2000
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:54

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