1984/07/01 by A. James Giannini, Mary Ellen Barringer, Matthew C. Giannini +1 · 12 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Biology #Cognitive psychology #Dominance (genetics) #Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience #Information processing #Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation #Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation #Psychology #Social psychology #Style (visual arts)
paper · doi:10.1080/00221309.1984.9921094
published in The Journal of General Psychology 111(1), 31-37 (Taylor & Francis)
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Summary The relationship between rationalistic and intuitionistic styles of information processing and handedness was studied in 98 Ss who were asked to view videotapes of medical interns gambling and to determine solely on the basis of facial cues the amount of the payoff offered to each intern during a specific gambling trial. Two groups on the basis of the Ss' interpreting styles were defined: rationalistic Ss indicated that they used a systematic method to make the responses, intuitionistic Ss could not describe the rationale which they used to make their responses. No relationship was found between handedness and processing style or sex and processing style. Since handedness and processing style have been thought to be related to hemispheric dominance, this lack of relationship may suggest that hemispheric localization is not a highly specialized function.