ABSTRACT
The development of cerebral asymmetries has been studied extensively in infants and children (e.g., Molfese & Segalowitz, 1988). There is evidence that each hemisphere is specialized for the processing of specific stimuli. The right hemisphere (RH) appears to process spatial information faster and more accurately than the left hemisphere (LH) in right-handed individuals, whereas the LH is more efficient during tasks that require language processing (see Beaton, 1985; Beaumont, 1982; Bryden, 1982; Hellige, 1993; Moscovitch, 1979). This dichotomy is evident in individuals suffering deficits that accompany brain damage and in normals when visual stimuli are presented either to the right visual field/left hemisphere (RVF/LH) or to the left visual field/right hemisphere (LVF/RH).
