does your hand effect what you see
... It is noted that word recognition typically is better or faster in the right visual field than in the left, an effect that often interacts with handedness (Boles, 1985). Simple as it may seem, handedness does not have an easy definition. Most people casually think of handedness as being determined by their writing hand, but this is usually too imprecise for scientific purpose. ... The right hemisphere on the other hand, is specialized for non linguistic processes such as visual and spatial judgment. ... Well if all of that is true, is it safe to say that brain lateralization has an effect on word recognition, and even your gender will also effect word recognition; on the basis of sex differences in the brain? ... Although men and women may be different in the way they perceive things, gender does not stop a person’s literacy ability. ... If anything, one would expect right-handed persons to do poorly because unlike the “lefties” who must conform to a right hand world, the right hands are set in their ways. ... There were two independent variables, and they were defined as brain lateralization and handedness- that is the effect brain asymmetry and handedness had on word recognition. ... 44; left/right hand X = 4. ... The two independent variables did not prove to have an effect on the dependent variable, and there was no interaction between the two independent variables either. ... Discussion It was hypothesized that brain lateralization and handedness would have no effect on word recognition. ... One topic that has risen in many studies is the effect of handedness and brain asymmetry on word recognition.