An Exploratory Study of the Possible Impact of Cerebral Hemisphere on the Performance of Select Linear, Non-Linear, and Spatial Computer Tasks

James J. McCluskey
Journal of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 16, Number 3, 1997, p. 269-279

In this study 160 upper-class undergraduate journalism students enrolled at two major Southwestern universities volunteered to participate. Each subject was found to fit into one of four groups depending on whether they were found to be left or right-brain dominant and left or right-handed. These students were taught how to design/develop projects using software called HyperCard used on Macintosh computers. The findings generally support the notion that right-brain dominant individuals significantly outperformed their left-brain and mixed-brain dominant counterparts, while left-brain dominant individuals significantly outperformed the remaining two groups of mixed-brain dominant subjects in several areas.

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