My interests primarily lie in human communication, in particular, how damage to the cerebral hemispheres can disrupt normal communication processes. The nature of my Ph.
D research is to examine how the cerebral hemispheres process orthographic information in words.
It has long since been established that the left hemisphere is the dominant hemisphere for processing linguistic material. However, little is known about the extent to which the right hemisphere contributes towards such tasks. By ensuring central fixation before and during the presentation of a word, unilateral tachistoscopic presentations to the left and right visual fields allows accurate inferences to be made about how both hemispheres process orthographic information in words. Investigating the effect of word length. Experimental Psychology Society Conference.