Previous research indicates that lateral eye movements are associated with hemispheric activity in the brain. In the present study involving 48 female subjects, “left-gazing” (right-hemispheric activity) was positively related to field-dependence, as measured by the Embedded Figures Test and the Scroop test, and also to hypnotic susceptibility. It was concluded that field-dependence and hypnotic susceptibility are both mediated by processes associated with right-hemispheric activity.
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