The Relation Between Left-Right and Upper-Lower Visual Field Asymmetries

Christman, Stephen D.; Niebauer, Christopher L.

doi:10.1016/s0166-4115(97)80076-3

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“…showed that left-right differences were confined to the lower VF and upper-lower differences only occurred in the left VF, suggesting a functional linkage between the lower and left VFs and the upper and right VFs (Christman & Niebauer, 1997).…”

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“…Across various studies, a bias toward the use of primarily lower VF information has been observed during locomotion (e.g., Foley & McChesney, 1976;Guez, Gargasson, Rigaudiere, & O"Regan, 1993;Murasugi & Howard, 1989), with some indication of a similar lower VF bias in predatory behaviour among other species, such as the praying mantis (Prete, 1993). The lower VF advantage in motion perception is thought to relate to the role of the lower VF in visuomotor coordination and in guiding locomotion (Christman & Niebauer, 1997).…”

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“…Upper and lower VF differences have been observed across a variety of other tasks (Christman & Niebauer, 1997;Previc, 1990), with a lower VF bias emerging in many instances. Looking at motion processing, a lower VF advantage is seen for direction discrimination (Amenedo, PazoAlvarez, & Cadaveira, 2007;Edwards & Badcock, 1993), segmentation of moving targets (Lakha & Humphreys, 2005), motion in depth (Regan, Erkelens, & Collewijn, 1986), and centripetal motion processing (Edwards & Badcock, 1993;Raymond, 1994).…”

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“…An overestimation of perceived spatial frequency has been shown in the left lower VF (Edgar & Smith, 1990). It has also been shown that effects regarding temporal and spatial resolution interact with one another (see Christman & Niebauer, 1997 for a review); however no clear pattern of results has emerged.…”

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“…Visual search studies have shown both right and upper VF advantages (Efron, Yund, & Nichols, 1987;Previc & Blume, 1993 (Christman & Niebauer, 1997). Both upper and right VF advantages are seen for local processing, visual search, and categorical judgments, such as object identification, whereas lower and left VF advantages are reported for global processing and coordinate spatial judgments requiring visuomotor coordination, and global motion (Christman, 1993;Kosslyn, 1987;Niebauer & Christman, 1998;Previc, 1990).…”

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Upper and lower visual field differences in perceptual asymmetries

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Neurologically normal individuals show a leftward spatial bias and tend to collide with objects on the right side more frequently than on the left. The upper visual field is associated with extrapersonal space, and mediated by the ventral stream through parvocellular projections.The lower visual field is associated with peripersonal space, and mediated by the dorsal stream through magnocellular projections. Upper and lower visual field differences have been observed in perceptual asymmetries but results have been mixed. Object-and space-based coordinates also both influence the leftward bias; however their relative contributions are unknown as similar spatial conditions are often collapsed across. More left-side collisions emerged on a route following task in the lower visual field and more right-side collisions were seen in the upper visual field (Thomas, Stuckel, Gutwin, & Elias, 2009). Left-handers made more right-side collisions in the central condition, whereas right-handers showed no bias. Leftward biases on the greyscales task were stronger in the lower visual field; however no distance-based differences were observed (Thomas & Elias, 2010). A stronger spatial bias was found on the greyscales task, whereas a stronger object-based bias was found on the object luminosity task (Thomas & Elias, in press). When individual spatial conditions were examined, the image chosen most often was always located in the lower field. Stimulus type and spatial location interacted to determine which coordinate type contributes more strongly to leftward biases. We also found that the leftward bias on the greyscales task was stronger in the lower visual field during prolonged presentation and in the upper visual field during brief presentation. A global motion task was created to preferentially engage magnocellular projections to the dorsal stream. Isoluminant red/green and blue/yellow colour tasks, which preferentially engage parvocellular projections to the ventral stream, were also created. Leftward biases were seen on the greyscales and motion tasks. On an isoluminant colour task, biases were significantly weakened, suggesting

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confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Left–Right and Upper–Lower Visual Field Asymmetries for Face Matching, Letter Naming, and Lexical Decision

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2002

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The relation between left-right and upper-lower visual field (VF) asymmetries was examined for face matching, letter naming, and lexical decision. Stimuli were flashed in the VF quadrants. Face matching resulted in a lower left and upper right VF advantage. Letter-naming resulted in a distinct upper-right VF advantage. For lexical decision, no upper/lower asymmetries were found. Words were processed faster in the right than in the left VF, while nonwords were processed equally fast in both VFs. The results are discussed in terms of hypothesized structural connections of the lower versus upper visual field to dorsal versus ventral visual pathways and in terms of attentional mechanisms related to the processing of visual information in the VF quadrants.

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The Relation Between Left-Right and Upper-Lower Visual Field Asymmetries

Cited by 45 publications

References 110 publications

Upper and lower visual field differences in perceptual asymmetries

Upper and lower visual field differences in perceptual asymmetries

Hemispheric Differences for Visual Matrix Processing: Stimulus Size and Spatial Frequency Effects

Left–Right and Upper–Lower Visual Field Asymmetries for Face Matching, Letter Naming, and Lexical Decision

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