creators_name: Zaidel, Dahlia
type: journalp
datestamp: 2005-05-02
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:46
metadata_visibility: show
title: Different organization of concepts and meaning systems in the two cerebral hemispheres
ispublished: pub
subjects: neuro-psy
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: behav-neuro-sci
full_text_status: public
keywords: typicality, prototypical, prototypicality, typical, brain, hemispheric specialization, left hemisphere, right hemisphere, priming, prime, schema, schemas, schemata, face, prosopagnosia, laterality, visual, vision, objects, hemi-field paradigm, normal subjects, evolution, cerebral, brain functions, reaction time, latency, split-brain, commissurotomy, meaning, exemplar, instances, categories, superordinate categories, categorization, art, artists, art and brain, creativity, novelty, brain and creativity.
abstract: The left and right hemispheres are asymmetrical with respect to specific cognitive abilities as well as organization of concepts and meaning systems. Several hemi-field experiments using the notion of typicality in different cognitive domains are described in this paper, as well as experiments which tap the notion of hemispheric-specific schemata. The results suggest that the 2 cerebral hemispheres can process the same external information but in ways which suggest asymmetry in concept and meaning organization.
date: 2000
date_type: published
publication: The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
volume: 40
pagerange: 1-21
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Zaidel, Dahlia  (2000) Different organization of concepts and meaning systems in the two cerebral hemispheres.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/1725/3/Medin%2527s%2520Chapter.pdf