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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2019. Vol. 12, no. 1, 139–152
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2019120111
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Interrelation between fixation asymmetry and gnostic asymmetry in the visual system: what is the leading eye?

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N.A. Khokhlov, M.S. Kovyazina, N.V. Vasilevskaya, K.A. Vasilieva

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Abstract

A comparison of the asymmetric visual fixation and the gnostic visual asymmetry was made. The study involved 52 healthy subjects, aged from 15 to 27 years (20.7 ± 2.8), including 18 men and 34 women. To assess the asymmetric fixation a Rozenbakh and an “Aiming” tests were used, to assess the gnostic asymmetry — the authors’ own method was used. It is shown that the fixational eye is not associated with a better perception of the information from the corresponding semi-field of view. However, when adapted to the perceptual task, the role of the ufixational eye increases, and this is more typical for right-eyed people. It was found that in 87% of cases the Rozenbakh test and the “Aiming” test produce the same results when using a two grade evaluation (a “right” and a “left”).

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Keywords: visual asymmetry, gnostic asymmetry, fixational eye, interhemispheric interaction, differential neuropsychology

Journal rubric: Clinical Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2019120111

For citation: Khokhlov N.A., Kovyazina M.S., Vasilevskaya N.V., Vasilieva K.A. Interrelation between fixation asymmetry and gnostic asymmetry in the visual system: what is the leading eye?. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2019. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 139–152. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2019120111. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Nikita A. Khokhlov, PhD in Psychology, Developer Psychologist, Scientific and Methodical Department, Centre for Testing and Development “Gumanitarnye Tekhnologii”, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Neuro- and Pathopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-7547, e-mail: nkhokhlov@psychmsu.ru

Maria S. Kovyazina, Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Chair of Neuropsychology and Abnormal Psychology of the Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Corresponding Member of Russian Education Academy; Senior Scientist, Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1795-6645, e-mail: kms130766@mail.ru

Nataliya V. Vasilevskaya, Student, Chair of Psychophysiology, Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: Natalya.v.vasilevskaya@gmail.com

Kristina A. Vasilieva, Student, Chair of Neuropsychology and Abnormal Psychology, Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: kr.vasilieva8@gmail.com

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