Citation

Walker E, Ceci SJ. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1983; 9(1): 145-147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6220119

Abstract

Recently, Dawson and Schell (1982) provided convincing evidence that words presented to the nonattended ear during a dichotic-listening task undergo automatic semantic analysis in the absence of intention or awareness. Because of its methodological rigor, this finding is important in the context of the long-standing controversy surrounding the preattentive processing phenomenon. However, we challenge the authors' suggestion of a right-hemisphere locus for this phenomenon. We offer a methodological basis for the findings and propose a countersuggestion of a left hemisphere, or at least bilateral, processing locus.

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