The differences between cerebral dominance patterns in the speed and accuracy of information processing among university students

Introduction. - The subject of cerebral dominance has received great attention by researchers; however, there is a paucity of studies that have examined its relationship to information processing.Objective. - The current study aims to reveal the differences between the cerebral dominance patterns (left cerebral dominance, right cerebral dominance, integrated parallel cerebral dominance) in the speed and accuracy of information processing.Method. - A sample of (182) volunteers university students, (mean age +/- SD, 19.92 +/- 2.76 years; range, 18-24 years; 68 male, 114 females). The Human Information processing survey was applied to the partic-ipants. Each subject was exposed to two elementary cognitive tasks (Stroop task and Eriksen flanker task). Each task included two experimental conditions: first, the congruent condition that reflects the automatic processing of information; second, the incongruent condition that reflects the controlled processing of information.Results. - The results of the study revealed that there were no differences between the patterns of cerebral dominance in the speed and accuracy of information processing.Conclusion. - Although the relationship between cerebral dominance and information processing is not significant, we need more studies to examine this relationship in other samples and in other experimental conditions.(c) 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.