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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California It has been hypothesized that the brain computes two different kinds of spatial-relation representations: one used to assign a spatial relation to a category and the other used to specify metric distance with precision. The present visual half-field experiment offers support for this distinction by showing that the left and right cerebral hemispheres make more effective use of the categorization and metric distance representations, respectively. Furthermore, the inclusion of a bilateral stimulus presentation condition permits the computation of a reversed association that offers additional support for the distinction between two types of spatial-relation representation.
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The research reported here was supported in part by Research Grant BNS-8608893 from the National Science Foundation.
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Hellige, J.B., Michimata, C. Categorization versus distance: Hemispheric differences for processing spatial information. Mem Cogn 17, 770–776 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202638
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