On Preaching the Commandments of Proper Research: A Rejoinder

In our recent article (Hardyck, Dronkers, Chiarello, & Simpson, 1983, we examined the effect of prolonged exposure durations on visual halffield presentation. Moscovitch (1987) has taken exception to our conclusions, and his rejoinder has taken the form of citing some of the commandments of good research, such as proper controls, adequate numbers of subjects, etc. One commandment that seems to have been overlooked, both in recitation and in observation, is the necessity for thorough review of the relevant literature. There are errors both of fact and of interpretation in Moscovitch (1987), as well as what we consider a fundamental misunderstanding of the intent of our report. In his review of the paper, Moscovitch states that “In the baseline condition the stimulus appears once in the LVF or RVF for 25 msec.”