The P300 component of the average evoked potential was recorded at Pz during two divided visual field tasks. During a lexical decision task, reaction time and P300 latency were faster to stimuli in the right visual field, indicating that the latency of the P300 may be a useful measure in laterality research. A right visual field advantage was obtained for reaction time in a face perception task and the P300 latency difference showed a similar but non-significant advantage. Use of the P300 latency to assess the validity of the assumptions underlying the application of an additive factors model to divided visual field studies of cerebral assymetry was discussed. The present evidence suggests that the assumptions are valid. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/25418 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Harpur, Timothy John |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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