ERIC Number: EJ779370
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Publication Date: 2007-Dec
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Non-Verbal IQ Is Correlated with Visual Field Advantages for Short Duration Coherent Motion Detection in Deaf Signers with Varied ASL Exposure and Etiologies of Deafness
Samar, Vincent J.; Parasnis, Ila
Brain and Cognition, v65 n3 p260-269 Dec 2007
Studies have reported a right visual field (RVF) advantage for coherent motion detection by deaf and hearing signers but not non-signers. Yet two studies [Bosworth R. G., & Dobkins, K. R. (2002). Visual field asymmetries for motion processing in deaf and hearing signers. "Brain and Cognition," 49, 170-181; Samar, V. J., & Parasnis, I. (2005). Dorsal stream deficits suggest hidden dyslexia among deaf poor readers: Correlated evidence from reduced perceptual speed and elevated coherent motion detection thresholds. "Brain and Cognition," 58, 300-311.] reported a small, non-significant RVF advantage for deaf signers when short duration motion stimuli were used (200-250ms). Samar and Parasnis (2005) reported that this small RVF advantage became significant when non-verbal IQ was statistically controlled. This paper presents extended analyses of the correlation between non-verbal IQ and visual field asymmetries in the data set of Samar and Parasnis (2005). We speculate that this correlation might plausibly be driven by individual differences either in age of acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) or in the degree of neurodevelopmental insult associated with various etiologies of deafness. Limited additional analyses are presented that indicate a need for further research on the cause of this apparent IQ-laterality relationship. Some potential implications of this relationship for lateralization studies of deaf signers are discussed. Controlling non-verbal IQ may improve the reliability of short duration coherent motion tasks to detect adaptive dorsal stream lateralization due to exposure to ASL in deaf research participants.
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Intelligence Quotient, Motion, Visual Perception, Brain, American Sign Language, Correlation, Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Individual Differences, Age, Neurology, Lateral Dominance
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Language: English
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