Hemispheric specialization of memory for visual hierarchical stimuli

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Abstract

Unilateral brain-damaged patients and normal control subjects were asked to remember visual hierarchical stimuli consisting of larger forms constructed from smaller forms. The right-hemisphere damaged patients made more errors in remembering the larger forms relative to the smaller forms, whereas the left-hemisphere damaged patients made more errors in remembering the smaller forms relative to the larger forms. These findings are discussed as they relate to hemispheric specialization for visuospatial processing.

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