ORTHOGRAPHY PHONOLOGY RELATIONS AND HEMISPHERIC FUNCTIONING/

A lateralized CVC identification paradigm was run on English and Hebre w speakers in their respective native language, using vertical and hor izontal presentations. The task yields quantitative asymmetries reflec ting hemispheric specialization and qualitative asymmetries reflecting hemispheric strategies. The quantitative patterns were identical acro ss conditions, reflecting left hemisphere dominance for the task. The qualitative patterns in English and Hebrew using vertical presentation were opposing, while the patterns in the horizontal conditions were n ot. This is interpreted as reflecting the differing task demands of no nword naming in English and Hebrew based on the different orthography/ phonology relations in the two languages.