Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Effects of Type of Information (Abstract-Concrete) and Field Dependence on Asymmetry of Hand Movements during Speech |
| Authors: |
Sousa-Poza, Joaquin F., Rohrberg, Robert, Mercure, André |
| Source: |
Perceptual & Motor Skills; August 1979, Vol. 48 Issue: Supplement 3 p1323-1330, 8p |
| Abstract: |
Asymmetry of object-focused (gestural) and body-focused (self-touching) movements was investigated in a sample of 14 field-dependent and 14 field-independent right-handed male college students. The data were obtained from standardized, videotaped interviews which consisted of an abstract and a concrete communicative task. Significant right-hand asymmetry was found for gestures which depict or represent (motor primacy movements, p< .01) but not for nonrepresentational speech primacy movements. In general, field-independents had greater right-hand asymmetry than field-dependents for object-focused movements, whereas field-dependents showed more left-hand asymmetry of self-touching. Results are discussed in terms of a possible relationship between extent of movement asymmetry and the use of visual imagery in verbal encoding. |
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