Hemispheric processing characteristics for lexical decisions in adults with reading disorders

Perceptual and Motor Skills
M M WalkerM P Rastatter

Abstract

The present study measured unilateral tachistoscopic vocal reaction times and error responses of reading-disordered and normally reading adults to single words and nonwords in a series of lexical decision tasks at two linguistic levels (concrete and abstract words). Analysis of variance on reaction times indicated that main effects of stimulus type, visual field, and the interaction of these variables were not significant for the reading-disordered group, but visual field and an interaction of visual field and stimulus type were for the normally reading adults. Error rate showed a significant interaction of stimulus x visual field for the reading-disordered group but not for the normal reading group. Post hoc tests showed significant differences in error rates between visual fields for concrete lexicon but not for abstract or nonsense lexicon for the reading-disordered group. These findings suggest a deficit in interhemispheric lexical transfer occurs for reading-disordered samples and suggest use of a callosal relay model wherein the left hemisphere is allocated responsibility for performing central operations underlying lexical decisions by adults with reading disorders.

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Nov 6, 2001·Perceptual and Motor Skills·M M Walker
Oct 25, 2007·Brain Research·Clara D MartinTatjana Nazir
Jun 19, 2002·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Marianna M WalkerDon Holbert

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