EEG Analysis of the Distribution of Attention in Left-handers and Right-handers During Emotional Stroop-test on the Background of IAPS Images

Authors

  • Maria Bondarenko (Rassomagina) Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Alexander Bondarenko Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Victoriya Kravchenko Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Mukola Makarchuk Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29038/2617-4723-2015-313-134-143

Keywords:

IAPS, emotional Stroop-test, dominant eye, nondominant eye

Abstract

Evaluated spectral power and coherence factor of the main EEG rhythms (theta, alpha, beta low-frequency, beta high-frequency) during the emotional Stroop-test on the background of IAPS images in left-handers and right-handers during perception through dominant and nondominant eye. Information that comes to analyzing structures of the brain through the dominant visual channel analyzed faster than that comes through the nondominant visual channel that is typical only for left-handers. Significant changes were shown for LP reactions of the nondominant hand on the neutral words and the dominant hand on the emotional words for both right-handers and left-handers. According to the EEG-correlates learning effect is present during perception of information through the left eye for left-handers and right-handers.

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Published

2015-12-24

How to Cite

EEG Analysis of the Distribution of Attention in Left-handers and Right-handers During Emotional Stroop-test on the Background of IAPS Images. (2015). Notes in Current Biology, 313(12), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.29038/2617-4723-2015-313-134-143