?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Does+the+previous+trial+affect+lateralized+lexical+decision%3F&rft.creator=Iacoboni%2C+M.&rft.creator=Rayman%2C+J.&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+E.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=We+investigated+the+effect+of+previous+trial+variables+on+performance+in+the+current+trial+in+a+lexical+decision+task+with+unilateral+presentation+of+one+letter+string+or+bilateral+simultaneous+presentation+of+two+different+letter+strings%2C+one+cued+to+be+processed+(target)+and+the+other+uncued%2C+to+be+ignored+(distractor).+The+variables+included+correctness+of+the+previous+trial%2C+visual+hemifield+and+wordness+of+the+previous+trial%2C+and+presentation+mode+of+the+previous+trial+(unilateral+or+bilateral).+An+incorrect+response+on+the+previous+trial+enhanced+the+accuracy+in+the+current+trial+only+in+the+left+visual+field+(LVF).+A+previous+LVF+target+produced+faster+correct+responses+to+LVF+targets+in+the+current+trial+and+LVF+word+recognition+was+more+accurate+when+the+previous+LVF+target+was+a+word+rather+than+a+nonword.+Target+processing+in+the+current+trial+was+not+inhibited+or+facilitated+if+the+target+belonged+to+the+same+response+category+as+the+unattended+stimulus+in+the+previous+trial+(absence+of+%22negative+priming%22).+Taken+together%2C+our+data+suggest+that+previous+trial+effects+in+lateralized+lexical+decision+are+stronger+for+word+decisions+in+the+LVF%2C+and+may+account+for+the+inconsistency+of+the+wordness+effect+in+the+LVF+across+different+lateralized+lexical+decision+experiments.+Our+data+also+suggest+that+behavioral+laterality+experiments+are+well+advised+to+use+random+sequences+that+change+across+subjects+in+order+to+minimize+previous+trial+effects.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F686%2F1%2Fprevtrial.html&rft.identifier=++Iacoboni%2C+M.+and+Rayman%2C+J.+and+Zaidel%2C+E.++(1997)+Does+the+previous+trial+affect+lateralized+lexical+decision%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F686%2F