Morton L L, Wearne T D, Kershner J R, McLean M A
University of Windsor, Faculty of Education, Ontario, Canada.
Int J Neurosci. 1993 Sep;72(1-2):59-78. doi: 10.3109/00207459308991623.
Six studies of the relationship between classroom seating and information processing were conducted with adult subjects. Findings converged to support a hemisphericity-based explanation of effects with right-side-sitters more inclined to a response style associated with the right hemisphere--perhaps, less analytical or less cautious in responding (Experiments 1-4), more "artistic" (Experiment 5), and less lateralized (Experiment 6), and vice versa for left side sitters. First, using incidental memory tasks, subjects (N = 164) with a right side seating preference (i.e., to the speaker's left side) were found, in their test-taking behavior, to respond more positively to inaccurate distractor words (Experiments 1 and 2), particularly those with an ambiguous semantic reference (Experiment 3). For different levels of processing, seating location did not influence auditory memory (Experiments 1 and 2) but right side sitters showed enhanced visual memory for accurate words (Experiment 3). In a sample of 366 subjects, males selecting right side seating were less successful on multiple-choice test performance (Experiment 4), but there were no Side differences in test taking speed or review time. In a sample of 286 subjects (Experiment 5), personality measures on the Vocational Preference Inventory revealed right sitters scored higher on the "Artistic" scale and on femininity on the Masculine-Feminine scale. The final study (N = 90) revealed reduced dichotic processing on verbal tasks (digits and voiced CVs) for right side sitters. Implications are discussed.
针对课堂座位与信息处理之间的关系，对成年受试者进行了六项研究。研究结果趋于一致，支持了基于半球性的效应解释，即坐在右侧的人更倾向于与右半球相关的反应方式——也许在反应时分析性较差或不够谨慎（实验1 - 4），更“有艺术感”（实验5），且大脑半球功能分化程度较低（实验6），而坐在左侧的人则相反。首先，通过偶发记忆任务发现，座位偏好为右侧（即坐在说话者左侧）的受试者（N = 164）在应试行为中，对不准确的干扰词反应更积极（实验1和2），尤其是那些语义模糊的干扰词（实验3）。对于不同的加工水平，座位位置不影响听觉记忆（实验1和2），但右侧座位的受试者对准确单词的视觉记忆增强（实验3）。在366名受试者的样本中，选择右侧座位的男性在多项选择题测试中的表现较差（实验4），但在应试速度或检查时间上没有座位差异。在286名受试者的样本中（实验5），职业偏好量表上的个性测量显示，坐在右侧的人在“艺术”量表上得分较高，在男性 - 女性量表上的女性特质得分较高。最后一项研究（N = 90）表明，右侧座位的受试者在言语任务（数字和浊音CV）上的双耳分听加工能力下降。文中对研究结果的意义进行了讨论。
