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Cognitive Psychology

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Visual Information Processing Of Geometric Figures As A Function Of Complexity And Field Of Vision, Karen E. Inn Apr 1994

Visual Information Processing Of Geometric Figures As A Function Of Complexity And Field Of Vision, Karen E. Inn

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether human information processing does occur in parallel in the right hemisphere and serially in the left hemisphere as suggested by the hemisphere strategy model. In addition, this study was also designed to determine if there is a right hemisphere advantage in the processing of nonverbal information as indicated by the material specific theory.

In this 3 x 3 x 3 x 2 x 2 mixed design, Complexity (3) and Gender (2) were the between-subjects variables. Time Factor (3), Field of Vision (3), and Type (2) were the within-subjects variables. Complexity was …