Interhemispheric asymmetry in facial expression recognition: relationship to field-dependence.

Sixty college students, 30 males and 30 females, with a well defined cognitive style (measured by means of three tests), carried out a recognition task of six unambiguous facial expressions which were unilaterally presented in a tachistoscopic condition. A significant left visual field superiority was present for the field independenct subjects; a low but significant right visual field superiority was present for the field dependent subjects. No differences were found between the sexes.