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Exploring the neural correlates of the reversed letter effect: Evidence from left and right parietal patients.

Giuseppa Renata ManganoDaniela SmirniIsabella GiammussoLisa CipolottiMassimiliano OliveriLi ZhaopingPatrizia TurrizianiMartina Bracco

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0301 basic medicineLeft and rightAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtygenetic structuresAdolescentPosterior parietal cortexAudiologyStimulus (physiology)Neuropsychological Testsbehavioral disciplines and activitiesLateralization of brain functionFunctional Laterality03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicinevisual search asymmetriesParietal LobemedicineReaction TimeHumansAttentiontop-down attentionAgedVisual searchNeural correlates of consciousnessSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaGeneral NeuroscienceLinguisticsMiddle AgedVisual search tasks030104 developmental biologyUnilateral leftparietal cortexCase-Control StudiesFemalePsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPhotic Stimulation

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To investigate the hemispheric lateralization of attentional processes during visual search tasks depending on the stimulus material embedding the target, twelve patients with unilateral left (n = 7) or right (n = 5) parietal lesions and 20 age and education matched healthy controls (HC) were recruited. We used a visual search task for a uniquely tilted oblique bar embedded in an object shape 'N' or in its mirror reversal 'И'. The accuracy and the averaged reaction times (RTs) in each stimulus type ('N' or 'И') were analysed.\ud \ud HC presented significantly longer RTs when the target bar was embedded in 'N' among its mirror reversed 'И' (p < .05). This “reversed letter effect” was also found in the right parietal patients (p < .001), while no evidence of a reversed letter effect was found in the left parietal patients.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-04-01Neuroscience letters
10.1016/j.neulet.2019.02.017https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30763653