The role of orthographic neighbourhood effects in lateralized lexical decision: a replication study and meta-analysis

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Cerebral hemisphere, Laterality, Lateralized presentation, Meta-analysis, Orthographic neighbourhood effects, Replication, Systematic review, adult, article, female, hemispheric dominance, human, male, meta analysis, neighborhood, replication study, systematic review, visual field

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The role of orthographic neighbourhood effects in lateralized lexical decision: a replication study and meta-analysis. / Parker, A.J.; Egan, C.; Grant, J.H. et al.
In: PeerJ, Vol. 9, e11266, 28.04.2021.

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title = "The role of orthographic neighbourhood effects in lateralized lexical decision: a replication study and meta-analysis",

abstract = "The effect of orthographic neighbourhood size (N) on lexical decision reaction time differs when words are presented in the left or right visual fields. Evidence suggests a facilitatory N effect (i.e., faster reaction times for words with larger neighbourhoods) in the left visual field. However, the N effect in the right visual field remains controversial: it may have a weaker facilitative role or it may even be inhibitory. In a pre-registered online experiment, we replicated the interaction between N and visual field and provided support for an inhibitory N effect in the right visual field. We subsequently conducted a pre-registered systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesise the available evidence and determine the direction of N effects across visual fields. Based on the evidence, it would seem the effect is inhibitory in the right visual field. Furthermore, the size of the N effect is considerably smaller in the right visual field. Both studies revealed considerable heterogeneity between participants and studies, and we consider the implications of this for future work. ",

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