Information-processing differences and laterality of students from different colleges and disciplines

Author(s): Martin, S. A., Frederickson, W.

Journal/Book: Percept Mot Skills. 1990; 70: 163-72.

Abstract: 1023 college students were assessed for hemispheric brain dominance using the paper-and-pencil test, the Human Information Processing Survey. Analysis of scores of students majoring in Advertising, Interior Design, Music, Journalism, Art, Oral Communication, and Architecture suggested a preference for right-brain hemispheric processing, while scores of students majoring in Accounting, Management, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Funeral Service, Criminal Justice, and Elementary Education suggested a preference for left-hemispheric strategies for processing information. The differential effects of hemispheric processing in an educational system emphasizing the left-hemispheric activities of structured logic and sequential processing suggests repression of the intellectual development of those students who may be genetically favorable to right- hemispheric processing.

Keyword(s): Adolescence. Adult. Career Choice. Concept Formation. Dominance, Cerebral. Female. Human. Male. Problem Solving. Students/psychology

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