Interhemispheric vs. stimulus-response spatial compatibility effects in bimanual reaction times to lateralized visual stimuli

Front Psychol. 2013 Jun 19:4:362. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00362. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

In the present study, we tested right- and left-handed participants in a Poffenberger paradigm with bimanual responses and hands either in an anatomical or in a left-right inverted posture. We observed a significant positive crossed-uncrossed difference (CUD) in RTs for both manual dominance groups and both response postures. These results rule out an explanation of the CUD in terms of stimulus-response spatial compatibility (SRSC) and provide convincing evidence on the important role of interhemispheric callosal transfer in bimanual responding in right- as well as left-handed individuals.

Keywords: corpus callosum; crossed-uncrossed difference (CUD); interhemispheric transmission; left handedness; poffenberger paradigm; stimulus-response spatial compatibility.