[Reaction time and interhemispheric interaction]. 1978

E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ

The study was made on healthy adult subjects. The reaction time of the hand (RT) was measured under two conditions: 1) the choice of reaction (right or left hand) is determined by the nature of the warning stimulus; 2) decision on the choice is taken, depending on the second, trigger stimulus. Stimuli are presented at random sequences to different visual fields. The reaction time to the visual signal presented to the visual field ipsilateral to the hand is significantly shorter (by 15 to 26 msec) than to the stimulus in the contralateral visual field. In a simple motor reaction, when no discrimination of trigger stimulus and the decision on the choice of reaction is required, a hemispheric asymmetry of reaction time is manifested: the left hemisphere only responds differently to direct visual stimulation and to that mediated through the contralateral hemisphere.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007839 Functional Laterality Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot. Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D004292 Dominance, Cerebral Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions. Cerebral Dominance,Hemispheric Specialization,Dominances, Cerebral,Specialization, Hemispheric
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014794 Visual Fields The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward. Field, Visual,Fields, Visual,Visual Field
D014796 Visual Perception The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience. Visual Processing,Perception, Visual,Processing, Visual

Related Publications

E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
March 1981, Psychological bulletin,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
January 1981, Fiziologicheskii zhurnal,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
January 1984, Zhurnal vysshei nervnoi deiatelnosti imeni I P Pavlova,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
January 1990, Neuropsychologia,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
January 1983, Human neurobiology,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
March 1971, Journal of experimental psychology,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
January 1982, Neuropsychologia,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
June 1993, Scandinavian journal of psychology,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
May 2002, Cognitive neuropsychiatry,
E A Kostandov, and N N Zakharova, and S A Pogrebinskiĭ
June 2002, Acta psychologica,
Copied contents to your clipboard!