The neurobehavioral correlates of affect perception as a function of verbal fluency classification

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dc.contributor.authorSnyder, Katharine A.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:27:46Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:27:46Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-24en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-24en
dc.description.abstractThe Dichotic Emotional Words Tape developed by Bryden and MacCrae (1989) was used to assess cerebral asymmetry for propositional and nonpropositional speech as a function of verbal fluency. Forty-five right-handed subjects with normal auditory acuity for pure tones were assigned to a verbal fluency classification based on scores on the FAS test (Borkowski, Benton, & Spreen, 1967). After being assigned to a fluency category, subjects were instructed to listen for a word (bower, dower, power, or tower) or affective tone (happy, sad, angry, or neutral). The most important findings of this study were the main effects of fluency (higher, middle, and lower), stimulus type (word and affect), and focus or intention (focus left and focus right). Subjects higher in fluency exhibited significantly greater REA and LEA scores than subjects lower in fluency. For stimuli presented to the right ear, scores for words were significantly greater than scores for affect. However, for stimuli presented to the left ear, scores for affect were significantly greater than scores for words. Focus left instructions led to increases in LEA scores, while focus right instructions led to increases in REA scores. Directions for future research are discussed.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 199 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01242009-063431en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01242009-063431/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40763en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.S667.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 30600115en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.S667en
dc.subject.lcshAuditory perceptionen
dc.subject.lcshCerebral dominanceen
dc.subject.lcshDichotic listening testsen
dc.subject.lcshSpeech perceptionen
dc.titleThe neurobehavioral correlates of affect perception as a function of verbal fluency classificationen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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