UNSPECIFIED (1998) Chiral cognitive science. In: 20th Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, AUG 01-04, 1998, UNIV WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI.

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Abstract

Development of powerful brain imaging techniques has revolutionised our knowledge of the patterns of cerebral activation which underlie the performance of cognitive tasks. particularly striking is the extent to which cognitive performance has been shown to be accompanied by motor processing even in the absence of physical movement, consistent also with considerable behavioral evidence. By definition, left-handed and right-handed people exhibit systematic differences in motor processing. It is thus possible in principle that handedness-dependent differences in patterns of motor activation may exert observable effects upon cognitive performance. New evidence suggests that this is indeed the case. It has been shown that people's handedness can significantly influence the accuracy of what they remember. Cognitive Science thus needs a chiral component. The results of experiments support the hypothesis that handedness effects are linked directly to specific patterns of motor activation, rather than indirectly to general differences in hemispheric processing.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Publisher:	LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL
ISBN:	0-8058-3231-9
Editor:	Gernsbacher, MA and Derry, SJ
Date:	1998
Number of Pages:	6
Page Range:	pp. 537-542
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	20th Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society
Location of Event:	UNIV WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI
Date(s) of Event:	AUG 01-04, 1998
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/11442

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