FIGURE 15-14 Visual Pathways to the Hemispheres When fixating at a point, each eye sees both visual fields but sends information about the right visual field only to the left hemisphere. Information about the left visual field proceeds only to the right hemisphere. In healthy participants given short exposures to stimuli (well under 1 second), the left hemisphere is more accurate at perceiving words, whereas the right hemisphere is more accurate at perceiving objects, including faces.