PSYCH 345 Study Guide - Left Brain Interpreter, Study Guide, Tachistoscope

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Rhand responds faster to rvf lights than to. Info is processed by the hemisphere specialized for the material or task. Vf differences reflect interhemispheric transfer time and info degradation. Verbal input to rvf goes directly to. Verbal input to lvf, gets transferred to lh via cc. Result: rvf input leads to better performance on verbal tasks than lvf input. Input left right right left ba ba ga ga ba. Monaural stimulation input to only one ear. Both ears project bilaterally so both hemispheres receive the stimulus. Asymmetries in intact brain left right left right left right ba ba ga ga ba. Asymmetries based on ear of input are more evident. ga ba ga. Left ear input to lh is suppressed, so left ear does not have direct access to speech/language system. Callosal relay from rh to lh is required to access language processor. Result: a right ear advantage for dichotic listening to speech stimuli.