Dichotic recall indices of lateralized cerebral processing of abstract, concrete and emotional Zulu word stimuli in FS+ and FS- dextrals
Master Thesis
1994
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This thesis reports a basic cognitive neuropsychological experiment which employed an original dichotic recall test to assess lateralized cerebral processing of abstract, concrete and emotional Zulu word stimuli among 32 male and 30 female dextral (right- handed) Zulu-speakers, consisting of 14 males and 12 females with sinistral (left-handed) blood relatives (FS+ ~ and 18 males and 18 females with no sinistral blood relatives (FS-). The present dichotic listening experiment investigated whether abstract word stimuli are recalled more poorly or better than either concrete or emotional word stimuli, and whether concrete word stimuli are recalled better or more poorly than emotional word stimuli. It also investigated whether recall of abstract, concrete and emotional word stimuli yield a right ear advantage CREA) or left ear advantage (LEA).
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Magwaza, G. 1994. Dichotic recall indices of lateralized cerebral processing of abstract, concrete and emotional Zulu word stimuli in FS+ and FS- dextrals. University of Cape Town.