Jaynes' chimeric faces: Another look into the mirror

In The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Jaynes (1976) presented a technique—involving the selection of the happier of two line-drawing chimeric faces—that is theorized to measure hemispheric laterality. Certain imperfections in the published stimuli have led some criti...

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Published inPersonality and individual differences Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 781 - 786
Main Authors Roszkowski, Michael J., Snelbecker, Glenn E., Rosen, Robert S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1986
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Perception
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Vision
Human
School age
Choice
Asymmetry
Cerebral hemisphere
Vision
Central nervous system
Face
Laterality
Child
Visual perception
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Summary:In The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Jaynes (1976) presented a technique—involving the selection of the happier of two line-drawing chimeric faces—that is theorized to measure hemispheric laterality. Certain imperfections in the published stimuli have led some critics to question the task's validity, while others maintain that even the flawed stimuli are measuring some aspect of laterality. In this study, further data are presented to show that this task, despite its inherent biases, is still sensitive to differences in perception between left-handers and right-handers. The implications of this sensitivity are discussed.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/0191-8869(86)90076-0