Lateral eye movement and cognitive mode

Abstract

The direction of lateral eye movement elicited by reflective questions is strongly modified by the cognitive demands of the question; verbal and arithmetical questions elicit more movements to the right than do spatial and musical questions. This is consistent with the lateral specialization of the human brain for these cognitive processes. These results support the hypothesis that the direction of the lateral eye movement indicates the activation of the contralateral cerebral hemisphere. © 1972, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.