Hemispheric specialization or reading habits: Evidence from lexical decision research with hebrew words and sentences

Brain and Language

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 254-263

  Faust, Miriam ^a   Kravetz, Shlomo ^a   Babkoff, Harvey ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0027155593     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1993.1017     Document Type: Article

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