{"pk":25449,"title":"Expertise modulates hemispheric asymmetry in holistic processing: Evidence from\nChinese character processing","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Holistic processing (HP) has been proposed to be a characteristic\nof right hemisphere (RH) processing. Here we test this\nclaim using the divided visual field paradigm with Chinese\ncharacter stimuli. HP is assessed through the composite paradigm,\nwhich is commonly used in perceptual expertise research.\nWe found that in novice Chinese readers, a standard\nHP pattern emerged only in the left visual field/RH but not in\nthe right visual field/left hemisphere, consistent with the analytic/\nholistic hemispheric dichotomy in the literature. However,\nin expert Chinese readers, neither visual field showed the\nHP pattern, consistent with the finding that reduced HP is an\nexpertise maker for Chinese character recognition. Thus, the\nRH does not always employ holistic processing; it depends on\nthe perceivers’ experience with the stimuli. This is the first\nstudy demonstrating that expertise with a visual object type\ncan modulate hemispheric difference in HP.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"holistic processing; Chinese character processing;\nhemispheric asymmetry"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5rg9n52d","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Harry","middle_name":"K.S.","last_name":"Chung","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong","department":""},{"first_name":"Jacklyn","middle_name":"C.Y.","last_name":"Leung","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong","department":""},{"first_name":"Janet","middle_name":"H","last_name":"Hsiao","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25449/galley/15073/download/"}]}