Abstract
A task involving temporal integration of form was employed to examine the effects of input characteristics on hemispheric asymmetries. In Experiment 1, decreases in luminance produced greater improvement of right hemisphere (RH) performance. In Experiment 2, dioptric blur produced greater impairment of left hemisphere (LH) performance. The results suggest that spatial frequencies below nine cycles per degree are processed more efficiently in the RH. In Experiment 3, effects of input characteristics on hemispheric asymmetry were found to be dependent on the spatial frequencies required for processing by task demands, as mediated by interflash interval (IFI) duration. Increased blur produced greater impairment of LH performance at short IFI duration; at a longer IFI duration, however, increased blur produced equal impairment of RH and LH performance.
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