Fuctional asymmetry of the brain on braille reading.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	60510045
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Psychology
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba; Institute of Special Education
Principal Investigator	KUROKAWA Tetsuu University of Tsukuba;Institute of Special Education, 心身障害学系, 助教授 (50114070)
Project Period (FY)	1985 – 1986
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help	¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000) Fiscal Year 1986: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000) Fiscal Year 1985: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords	Braille / Braille Reading / The Visually Impaired / Parallel Information Processing / 半球機能差
Research Abstract	Braille reading behaviors of good readers were taken by VTR camera and the patterns of their reading strategy were analysed.Subjects read three braille materials under three conditions; with left hand , with right hand and with both hands. Most good readers could read faster with right hand than with left hand. Good readers with right dominance did four strategies during braille reading; Strategy with left hand,with both hands, with right hand and simultineously reading strategy. Two hypotheses were araisen. Those are that braille reading is mainly processed in the left brain and that parallel information processing with both hands exists on braille reading.