Exaggerated redundancy gain in the split brain: A hemispheric coactivation account.

Recent studies of redundancy gain indicate that it is especially large when redundant stimuli are presented to different hemispheres of an individual without a functioning corpus callosum. This suggests the hypothesis that responses to redundant stimuli are speeded partly because both hemispheres ar...

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Publicado en:Cognitive Psychology Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 118 - 155
Autor principal: Miller, Jeff
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Sep2004
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Sumario:Recent studies of redundancy gain indicate that it is especially large when redundant stimuli are presented to different hemispheres of an individual without a functioning corpus callosum. This suggests the hypothesis that responses to redundant stimuli are speeded partly because both hemispheres are involved in the activation of the response. A simple formal model incorporating this idea is developed and then elaborated to account for additional related findings. Predictions of the latter model are in good qualitative agreement with data from a number of sources, and there is neuroanatomic and psychophysiological support for its underlying structure. Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier (USA)