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Two experiments examining differences in the processing of local versus global information as a function of visual field location are reported. Both experiments demonstrated the presence of upper versus lower visual field advantages in the processing of local versus global information, respectively. In addition, previous findings of right versus left visual field advantages in the processing of local versus global information, respectively, were partially replicated. Results are interpreted in terms of Previc’s (1990) hypothesis of functional specialization of the visual field.
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA, November 1991. Preparation of this article was supported in part by a Faculty Research and Fellowship Award from the University of Toledo Office of Research. I wish to thank Frederick Kitterle for helpful comments and Susan Mooney for assistance in data collection.
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Christman, S.D. Local-global processing in the upper versus lower visual fields. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 275–278 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334927
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