Auditory Information Processing by Normal and C. V. A. Hemiplegic Adults

Abstract

This study is one of a series in which operant research equipment and information-theory findings are used in an experimental analysis of human information processing of auditory stimuli. Right hemiplegics, left hemiplegics, non-brain-damaged patients, and normal adults were presented three levels of tasks ranging from easy to moderately difficult. The brain-damaged Ss showed greater inter-subject differences and were less proficient than the control groups on the moderately difficult tasks. It was suggested that laterality differences may only be apparent on more difficult tasks. The study demonstrated the feasibility of rigorous research procedures for assessing individual patients' auditory information processing.

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