On the Relation Between Visual Spatial Attention and Visual Field Asymmetries

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 529-555

  Mondor, T A ^a   Bryden, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0026845021     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640749208401297     Document Type: Article

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